Case Name: BUSHNELL v. ELLIS, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1961-05-22
Citations: 366 U.S. 418
Docket Number: No. 561
Parties: BUSHNELL v. ELLIS, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR.
Judges: Mr. Justice Stewart took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 366
Pages: 418–419

Head Matter:
BUSHNELL v. ELLIS, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR.
No. 561.
Argued May 2, 1961.
Decided May 22, 1961.
Percy D. Williams, acting under appointment by the Court, 364 U. S. 917, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.
B. H. Timmins, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Will Wilson, Attorney General, and Linward Shivers, Assistant Attorney General.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas is reversed and the cause is remanded to that court with directions to grant petitioner a hearing upon his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Uveges v. Pennsylvania, 335 U. S. 437; Cash v. Culver, 358 U. S. 633; McNeal v. Culver, 365 U. S. 109.
Mr. Justice Stewart took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.