OLSON v. ANSTREICHER


327 A.2d 603 (1974)

John O. OLSON, Petitioner below, Appellant, v. Kurt ANSTREICHER, M.D., Respondent below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Rehearing Denied November 1, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Smith, Wilmington, for petitioner below, appellant.

Robert B. Walls, Jr., Wilmington, for respondent below, appellee.

Jack B. Jacobs, Wilmington, amicus curiae.

HERRMANN, C. J., DUFFY, J., and BROWN, Vice Chancellor, sitting.


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal plaintiff attacks, on due process and other constitutional grounds, his involuntary commitment to the Delaware State Hospital under 16 Del.C. § 5125.* The Superior Court denied a petition for habeas corpus, apparently because a post-confinement hearing was available through a writ de lunatico inquirendo in the Court of Chancery (see Chancery Rule 100) and...

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