Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Zatko v. United States District Court
Zatko v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 1083 (1989)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1989-05-22
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- “The writ of habeas corpus functions to grant relief from unlawful custody or imprisonment. Absent custody by the authority against whom relief is sought, jurisdiction usually will not lie to grant the requested writ.”
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.