Legal Opinion
Minnesota Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate Court of Ramsey County
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 26, 1940No. 394PublishedCited by 307 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
Appellant, Charles Edwin Pearson, petitioned the Supreme Court of Minnesota for a writ of prohibition commanding the Probate Court of Ramsey County,' and its Judge, to desist from proceeding • against him as a “psychopathic personality” under Chapter 369 of the Laws of Minnesota of 1939. A proceeding under the statute had been brought in the Probate Court for the commitment of appellant and an. order for his production and examination had been issued.
Appellant contended that the statute violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal…
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