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IN RE RYAN

No. 993.

47 F.Supp. 1023 (1942)

In re RYAN.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 24, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Francis Doyle and John J. McDevitt, Jr., both of Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioner.

Arthur Littleton and Thomas B. K. Ringe, of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, all of Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.

BARD, District Judge.

This matter arose on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to secure the release of William Ryan from confinement in the Institute of Mental Hygiene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After hearing, I decided that since the detention of Ryan was purportedly made pursuant to the provisions of the Pennsylvania Mental Health Act of 1923, 50 P.S. §§ 1-213, and since that Act provided complete and adequate redress to persons alleged to be wrongfully...

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