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KENT v. UNITED STATES

No. 20922.

401 F.2d 408 (1968)

Morris A. KENT, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Myron G. Ehrlich and Samuel A. Stern, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. David L. Chambers, III, Washington, D. C. (all appointed by this court) was on the brief, for appellant. Mr. Robert A. Warden, Washington, D. C., was also on the brief for appellant.

Mr. Thomas Lumbard, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Allan M. Palmer, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and BURGER and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

The Supreme Court has recently revolutionized the procedural aspects of juvenile court proceedings.1 Today we face the more fundamental issue of the substantive role of juvenile courts. In particular we must determine what obligations juvenile authorities, acting as parens patriae, have with respect to mentally disturbed adolescents.

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At the age of sixteen the appellant, Morris Kent, was...

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