Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Lomax
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 9, 1978No. 10311PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
This case was originally considered by a division of the court which in due course rendered judgment and issued majority and dissenting opinions which have been reported.1 Subsequently, a majority of the then-sitting judges voted to grant appellee Lo-max’s petition for rehearing en banc.
We now vacate the decision of the original panel and hold that the petitioner in an involuntary commitment proceeding brought under the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act has no right of appeal after a verdict is rendered in favor of the patient.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Breed v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- In Re John Ballay, A/K/A Figeret Hoxha, PatientCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- James Covington v. David W. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Matter of LomaxDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
3Cited by34 opinions
- In Re WalkerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2004
- In re C.T.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
- Matter of StokesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- In re DeLoatchDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Edwards v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
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