Legal Opinion
Matter of Rosell
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 2, 1988No. 86-464PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
After a near-fatal suicide attempt, appellant Rosell was taken by ambulance to the emergency room at George Washington University Hospital. At the hospital, a Dr. D.S. Galloway made application, pursuant to D.C.Code § 21-521 (1987 Supp.),1 for her involuntary admission to St. Elizabeths Hospital for emergency psychiatric care. According to § 21-521, “a physician or qualified psychologist of the person in question, who has reason to believe that a person is mentally ill and, because of the illness, is likely to injure himself or others if he is not immediately…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re Johnnie Barnard, PatientCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Maurice I. Millard v. David W. Harris, Acting Superintendent, St. Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- In Re MorrisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Williams v. MeredithDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- In Re JamesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Matter of ReedDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Hardesty v. DraperDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- In Re BarlowDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Matter of HermanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- In Re HermanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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