Legal Opinion
Dixon v. Attorney General
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 2, 1970No. Civ. No. 69-293PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The seven named plaintiffs at the time of filing the suit at bar1 were inhabitants of Farview, the Pennsylvania mental hospital primarily devoted to the confinement, and to some degree, to the treatment of the criminally insane. The complaint alleges that albeit the seven came to Farview by different legal routes they nonetheless have one thing in common in that they are presently committed and are illegally deprived of their liberty by" being confined there pursuant to proceedings conducted pursuant to Section 404 of the “Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966,”…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Swift & Co. v. WickhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Honeyman v. HananSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Villa v. Van SchaickSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Government & Civic Employees Organizing Committee v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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4Cited by6 opinions
- Dixon v. Attorney General of Commonwealth of Pa.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- Goldy v. BealDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- N.O., M.T., J.O., E.I., D.V., J.D., E.H. v. CallahanDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1986
- Huebner v. OchbergDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1980
- Vecchione v. WohlgemuthDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
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