Legal Opinion
Application of the President and Directors of Georgetown College, Inc., a Body Corporate
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 15, 1964No. 2189_1PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Attorneys for Georgetown Hospital applied 1 for an emergency writ at 4:00 P.M., September 17, 1963, seeking relief from the action of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denying the hospital’s application for permission to administer blood transfusions to an emergency patient. 2 The ap plication recited that “Mrs. Jesse E. Jones is presently a patient at Georgetown University Hospital,” “she is in ex-tremis,” according to the attending physician “blood transfusions are necessary immediately in order to save her life,” and “consent to…
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