Legal Opinion
In Re Barlow
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 27, 1993No. 92-FM-301, 92-FM-348PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Senior Judge:
This case is before us as a consolidated appeal of two separate decisions by two Superior Court judges which prevented the ongoing emergency hospitalization of Erie Barlow under the Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act, D.C.Code §§ 21-501 to -592 (1973) (the Ervin Act). In both instances the trial court proceedings concluded when the presiding judge found that the procedural requirements of the Ervin Act had been violated. Thus, no evidence or argument was heard regarding the merits of appellant-hospital’s contention that Mr. Barlow posed a threat to the safety of…
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