Legal Opinion
Zion v. Xanthopoulos
Montana Supreme Court
Decided October 13, 1978No. 13911PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daly
James Zion, petitioner and attorney for Rita Straiton, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the detention of Straiton with this Court on August 3, 1977. Following a hearing on Zion’s authority and standing to appear this Court remanded the cause to the District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District sitting in Powder River County for findings of fact and conclusions of law as to the condition of Rita Straiton who had been committed to Warm Springs State Hospital (Warm Springs) in 1973 followng her acquittal on a charge of murder on the ground of mental disease or…
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- State Ex Rel. Dorothea Dix Hospital v. DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
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3Cited by6 opinions
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