XV. ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DENYING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
Reading edition
Monday, 16 February 1948
No. 286, Misc. Karl Brandt, petitioner, v. The United States of America;
No. 287, Misc. Viktor Brack, petitioner, v. The United States of America;
No. 288, Misc. Rudolf Brandt, petitioner, v. The United States of America;
No. 299, Misc. Wilhelm Bieglboeck, petitioner, v. The United States of America. The motions for leave to file petitions for writs of habeas corpus and prohibition are denied. Mr. Justice Black, Mr. Justice Murphy, and Mr. Justice Rutledge are of the opinion that the petitions should be set for hearing on the question of the jurisdiction of this Court. Mr. Justice Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications.[61]
[The execution of death sentences imposed on Karl Brandt, Rudolf Brandt, Karl Gebhardt, Joachim Mrugowsky, Viktor Brack, Wolfram Sievers, and Waldemar Hoven were ordered on 14 May 1948 by the Military Governor. Executions were carried out at Landsberg prison on 2 June 1948.]