DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant,
v.
In the Matter of H. J. B., Appellee.
U. S. CATHOLIC COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRATION, Appellant,
v.
In the Matter of H. J. B., Appellee.
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Argued November 5, 1975.
Decided June 9, 1976.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James N. Dulcan, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, Louis P. Robbins, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.
Alfred L. Scanlan, Washington, D. C., with whom Franklin D. Kramer and R. James Woolsey, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant United States Catholic Committee for Refugees, NCWC.
Patrick J. Christmas, Washington D. C., also entered an appearance.
Elizabeth J. Branda and Joel Klein, Washington, D. C., with whom W. Anthony Fitch, Harry J. Fulton and Frederick H. Weisberg, Public Defender Service, and Patricia Wald, Washington, D. C., Mental Health Law Project, were on the brief, for appellee.
Judith C. Areen, Washington, D. C., with whom Wallace J. Mlyniec, Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic, Washington, D. C., submitted a brief as amicus curiae on behalf of American Ortho Psychiatric Association, Child Welfare League, National Society for Autistic Children and Washington Psychiatric Society.
Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and YEAGLEY and MACK, Associate Judges.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
YEAGLEY, Judge:
The difficult issues raised on this appeal arise out of an order entered June 3, 1975, in which the trial court directed that the appellee be transferred from St. Elizabeths Hospital to Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital in Meridian, Rhode Island. Appellants, the District of Columbia and the United States Catholic Committee on Refugees and Migration, were ordered to bear the costs of that placement, approximately...
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