Legal Opinion
Sam Miller v. J. R. Blalock, M.D., Superintendent, Southwestern State Hospital, Marion, Virginia
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1966No. 10079_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Western District of Virginia denying without a plenary hearing the petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus.
The petition raises several issues, only one of which is pressed here: Is the petitioner, who has been confined in an institution for the criminally insane for more than seven years without an inquisition of lunacy or an adjudication of insanity, held in violation of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States? The…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Minnesota Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate Court of Ramsey CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Buck v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Simon v. CraftSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In Re PfeifferCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
- Scheidt v. MeredithDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1970
- Sam Miller v. J. R. Blalock, M.D., Superintendent, Southwestern State Hospital, Marion, Virginia, Sam Miller v. Joseph R. Blalock, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Sue Choe v. Mary Smith Zack Damerman Western State HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- Robert Clifton Johnson v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
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