Legal Opinion
In Re Ryan
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 29, 1942No. M-993PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARD, District Judge.
This action arises on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to secure the release of William Ryan from confinement in the Institute of Mental Hygiene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A return was filed on behalf of the respondent in which it is alleged that the confinement is in conformity with the provisions of Section 302 of the Mental Health Act of Pennsylvania. Considerable expert testimony was adduced before me relating to the mental condition of Ryan and the advisability of his confinement in this or in any institution.
The Mental Health Act of 1923, Act of July 11,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- King v. McLean Asylum of the Massachusetts General HospitalCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1894
- Hall v. People of State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
- Davis v. DowdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- Shapley v. CohoonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1918
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Tate v. ShovlinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Mid-Continent Airlines, Inc. v. Nebraska State Board of Equalization & AssessmentDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1952
- Smith v. IsraelDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1953
- In re RyanDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1942
- In re StuartDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1956
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