Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Pryor
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 12, 1976No. 10868PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge.
The issue presented by this petition for extraordinary relief (28 U.S.C. § 1651 (1970)) is whether a judge of the Superior Court has the power to appoint the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia to represent a private petitioner in an involuntary civil commitment proceeding. In each of the two proceedings which gave rise to this matter, a parent filéd a petition with the Commission on Mental Health for the involuntary civil commitment of an adult son or daughter. The Commission on Mental Health, an agency of the Superior Court, concluded that both potential…
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