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SMITH v. ISRAEL

Civ. No. 10786.

110 F.Supp. 425 (1953)

SMITH v. ISRAEL et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

February 25, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hymen Schlesinger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Henry S. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., for R. H. Israel.

T. P. Shearer, Pittsburgh, Pa., for William Sykes and Beatrice H. Smith.

STEWART, District Judge.

Petitioner is confined in the Warren State Hospital pursuant to the provisions of Section 302 of the Mental Health Act of Pennsylvania, Act of July 11, 1923, P.L. 998, 50 P.S. § 42, and now seeks his release on habeas corpus alleging that the confinement is in violation of his constitutional rights in that he was deprived of his liberty without due process.

Upon receipt of the petition and in accordance with the provisions of...

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