ORVIS v. BRICKMAN

Civil Action No. 5190-48.

95 F.Supp. 605 (1951)

ORVIS v. BRICKMAN et al.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

February 14, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith W. Brookhart, Benjamin H. Dorsey, and Irving G. McCann, all of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, Oliver Gasch, Asst. Corporation Counsel, John F. Doyle, Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Welch, Daily & Welch, all of Washington, D. C., for defendants.


KEECH, District Judge.

This is a motion seeking a rehearing of the motion for summary judgment in favor of Doctor Sweeney, Superintendent of Gallinger Municipal Hospital, and Doctor Gilbert, head of the Psychiatric Department of the Hospital, defendants herein.

Plaintiff's action is for false arrest and false imprisonment. She named as defendants a police officer, the aforesaid doctors, and the members of the Commission...

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