Hann, Warden v. Hawk
HANN, Warden, v. HAWK
Opinion
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, granting the application of the appellee, Henry Hawk, for a writ of habeas corpus and releasing him from imprisonment in the Nebraska State Penitentiary, where he had been held under a sentence of life imprisonment based upon a State court conviction for murder.
The appeal was argued at the November 1952 session of this Court, but, before it was *840 decided, Henry Hawk died, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on April 21, 1953. We are urged by counsel to decide the case, notwithstanding the death, of Hawk.
This case obviously became moot upon Hawk’s death, and this Court would not be justified in deciding questions which have become academic, no matter how interesting they may be. Following the established practice in dealing with a case such as this which became moot pending a decision of this Court on the merits, the judgment appealed from is vacated and the case is remanded with directions to dismiss it. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36, 39 , 71 S.Ct. 104 , 95 L.Ed. 36 .
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Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 2 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.
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(appeal from judgment granting writ of habeas corpus “obviously became moot upon [petitioner's] death” and judgment appealed from must be vacated and case remanded with directions to dismiss)
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(oral argument already held at time of petitioner’s death)
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