Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Giles
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 9, 1971No. 5 Div. 879PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*471COLEMAN, Justice.
A patient, who is confined in the Veterans Administration Hospital at Tuskegee, appeals from a judgment denying his release from the hospital after a hearing at which he was present and represented by his counsel. The patient will sometimes be referred to as petitioner.
The hearing was initiated by his petition for habeas corpus addressed to the Judge of the Circuit Court of Macon County. The petitioner alleges that he is illegally restrained of his liberty and confined in the hospital under a commitment order issued by the Judge of the Probate Court of Montgomery County; that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- DowdellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Barry v. HallCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- In re Certification of CoatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- County of Black Hawk v. SpringerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
- Moses v. TarwaterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Lynch v. BaxleyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1974
- Albert Williams v. Kenneth WallisCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Nix v. StateCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- Lynch v. BaxleyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1974
- O'BARR v. FeistSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
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