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IN THE MATTER OF LOMAX

No. 10311.

386 A.2d 1185 (1978)

In the Matter of Elmos R. LOMAX, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 9, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexia Morrison, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry and John C. Martin, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington D. C., were on the brief, for appellant [Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths Hospital].

Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington D. C., with whom Frederick H. Weisberg, Mildred M. Matesich, and Alan F. Greenwald, Public Defender Service, Washington D. C., were on the Petition for Rehearing, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KELLY, KERN, GALLAGHER, NEBEKER, YEAGLEY, HARRIS, and MACK, Associate Judges.

MACK, Associate Judge:

This case was originally considered by a division of the court which in due course rendered judgment and issued majority and dissenting opinions which have been reported.1 Subsequently, a majority of the then-sitting judges voted to grant appellee Lomax's petition for rehearing en banc.

We now vacate the decision of the original panel and hold that the petitioner in an involuntary commitment proceeding brought...

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