Legal Opinion
United States v. Ellerbee
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 24, 1984No. 82-940, 82-941 and 83-146PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Associate Judge:
These consolidated appeals are taken from final orders committing Cade, Richardson and Ellerbee to the supervision of St. Elizabeths Hospital (Hospital) pursuant to the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act, D.C.Code § 21-501 et seq. (1981) (Act).
Our question concerns the appropriate procedures to be followed when reexamining a mentally ill individual, on an inpatient basis, who has previously been permitted to live in the community. Upon review of the record, we set forth certain procedures which we believe are consonant with the Act and the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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