Legal Opinion
In re DeLoatch
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 5, 1987No. 86-982PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal arises under the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act, (D.C.Code §§ 21-501 to -592 (1981)) (popularly known as “the Ervin Act”). Appellant assigns as error the trial court’s failure to provide her an opportunity to contest her emergency hospitalization within 24 hours of her request for a hearing. We hold that the trial court’s failure to conduct the requested hearing within 24 hours violated the Act and that the trial court’s ultimate determination of probable cause to continue emergency hospitalization of appellant did not cure this violation.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. EdwardsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- James Covington v. David W. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Francis W. Friend v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Carolyn Thomas v. Marion BarryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- In Re MorrisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Matter of RosellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Matter of ReedDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Hardesty v. DraperDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- In Re FeensterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
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