· 3/5/1953
Miller v. Overholser
Citations
- 206 F.2d 415
- 92 U.S. App. D.C. 110
- 1953 U.S. App. LEXIS 2763
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- habeas petition brought by a man confined to a ward for the criminally insane who said he belonged instead in an institution for the mentally ill
- claim renders confinement “not authorized by the statute”
- discussing the remedy imposed in Bonner
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Judges: Prettyman, Miller, Pret-Tyman, Fahy
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