Legal Opinion
Orencia v. Overholser
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 11, 1947No. 9456PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justice.
By this appeal Mrs. Mary Orencia asks us to reverse an order of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia discharging a writ of habeas • corpus which had been issued pursuant to her petition.
Her first application for a writ of habeas corpus was filed on April 3, 1945, based on the ground that she had been restored to mental health. The writ was granted and a hearing, was had on June 11, 1945, following which the District Court discharged the writ and remanded Mrs. Orencia to the custody of the respondent, the superintendent of St.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dorsey v. GillCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Barry v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1933
3Cited by19 opinions
- Durham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- George Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Donald Ragsdale v. Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Mills v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1969
- State v. BlubaughWashington Supreme Court · 1971
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