United States v. Morgan (1954)

United States v. Morgan
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 19, 1953
Decided January 4, 1954
Full case nameUnited States v. Robert Patrick Morgan
Citations346 U.S. 502 (more)
74 S. Ct. 247; 98 L. Ed. 248
Case history
Prior202 F.2d 67 (2d Cir. 1953); cert. granted, 345 U.S. 974 (1953).
Holding
Under the All-Writs Section, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), the Federal District Court had power to issue a writ of error coram nobis; it had power to vacate its judgment of conviction and sentence.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton
Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
MajorityReed, joined by Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Burton
DissentMinton, joined by Warren, Jackson, Clark
Laws applied
All-Writs Section, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a)

United States v. Morgan, 346 U.S. 502 (1954), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court which provides the writ of coram nobis as the proper application to request federal post-conviction judicial review for those who have completed the conviction's incarceration in order to challenge the validity of a federal criminal conviction.

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