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· 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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