Legal Opinion
Genevieve R. Dooling v. Winfred Overholser
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 6, 1957No. 13499_1PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
After proceedings initiated under the applicable statutory provisions, set forth at length in our Code, § 21-306 et seq., D.C.Code 1951, appellant on September 2, 1954, was decreed by the District Court to be of unsound mind. By the same decree she was committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital until such time as she might be safely discharged therefrom or returned to the State of her residence.' 1 2 On February 2, 1956, she filed a 119 page petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which she alleged that she was presently of sound mind. In the proceedings in the District Court…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Ullmann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Durham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District No. 302Illinois Supreme Court · 1959
- Lynch v. OverholserSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Catherine Lake v. Dale C. Cameron, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Heryford v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Indian Boy XCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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