Legal Opinion
In Re Williams
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 14, 1958No. 6-58PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEECH, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on a writ of habeas corpus seeking the discharge of the petitioner, Dallas O. Williams, from the custody of the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, to which he was committed by order of this Court in Mental Health No. 34-58, “pending the outcome of proceedings to be forthwith instituted by the Mental Health Commission.”
At the time of the signing of the order of commitment, the petitioner was before the court for presentation of the certified copy of the judgment and opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dallas O. Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Orvis v. BrickmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Cooper v. BurtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Life Ins. Co. of Virginia v. HerrmannDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1944
3Cited by9 opinions
- In Re John Ballay, A/K/A Figeret Hoxha, PatientCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Gordon Alexander, United States of America v. Benjamin MurdockCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Matter of Torsney (Mental Hygiene)New York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital v. Dallas O. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Dallas O. Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
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