Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Williams v. New York State Addiction Control Commission
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 27, 1968No. 68 CIV. 1346PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TENNEY, District Judge.
This application by petitioner herein for a writ of habeas corpus involves two principal issues: (1) whether petitioner is presently “in custody” for the purpose of habeas corpus jurisdiction assuming the truth of respondent’s unsworn allegation that petitioner, after the within application was filed with this Court, absconded from the Bayview Rehabilitation Center where he had been confined pursuant to a civil commitment authorized by Section 206 of the New York State Mental Hygiene Law, McKinney’s Consol. Laws, c. 27, and (2) whether petitioner has fully…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Berkson v. SchneidermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952
- People ex rel. Cox v. JohnstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
- Gluckman v. KlippNew York Court of Appeals · 1964
3Cited by3 opinions
- Leo M. Eisel v. Secretary of the Army. Gary S. Gelber v. Secretary of the Air ForceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Beatrice Alexis Hicks, A/K/A Beatrice Alexis Harper v. United States Board of Paroles and PardonsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- United States ex rel. Williams v. MorrowDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969