Legal Opinion
Catherine Lake v. Dale C. Cameron, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths Hospital
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 19, 1966No. 18809PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
Appellant is confined in Saint Elizabeths Hospital as an insane person and appeals from denial of release in habeas corpus. On September 29, 1962, when she was sixty years old, a policeman found her wandering about and took her to the D.C. General Hospital.1 On October 11, 1962, she filed in the District Court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court transferred her to St. Elizabeths Hospital for observation in connection with pending commitment proceedings, allowed her to amend her petition by naming the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths as defendant, and on…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Miller v. OverholserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Stewart v. OverholserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Genevieve R. Dooling v. Winfred OverholserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- De Marcos v. OverholserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Overholser v. BoddieCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by102 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. Archie W. BrawnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Lessard v. SchmidtDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1972
- Gerald C. Bolton v. David W. Harris, Acting Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Charles C. Rouse v. Dale C. Cameron, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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