Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Lockhart v. Armistead

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 10, 1977No. 59665PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

351 So.2d 496 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Major Field LOCKHART, Relator,

v.

T. N. ARMISTEAD, Superintendent, East Louisiana State Hospital, Respondent.

No. 59665.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 10, 1977.

Rehearing Denied November 11, 1977.

R. James Kellogg, American Civil Liberties Union of La., Inc., New Orleans, for plaintiff-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Thomas S. Halligan, A. Mills McCawley, Asst. Attys. Gen., Henry N. Brown, Jr., Dist. Atty., James S. Harris, Asst. Dist. Atty., for defendant-respondent.

TATE, Justice.

In 1975, Lockhart was committed to a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jackson v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Deisinger v. TreffertWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978
  2. State v. DensonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
  3. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  4. State v. MorganLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2010
  5. Pourciau v. East Louisiana State Hosp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1991

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