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IN RE KOSSOW

Nos. 11954, 12076, 12077 and 12960.

393 A.2d 97 (1978)

In re G. G. KOSSOW, Appellant. In re Reginald F. RUBAIN, Appellant. In re Thurman Mathews MURPHY, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Submitted March 27, 1978.

Decided October 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Mosteller, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., with whom Silas J. Wasserstrom and Alan F. Greenwald, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellants in Nos. 11954, 12076, and 12077.

Robert P. Mosteller and Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellant in No. 12960.

David A. Martin, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court as amicus curiae, with whom Joel I. Klein, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellees in Nos. 11954, 12076, and 12077.

Before NEBEKER, HARRIS and FERREN, Associate Judges.

No. 12960 submitted March 27, 1978.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

These consolidated appeals present one question: when the Corporation Counsel elects not to proceed with the judicial stage of an involuntary civil commitment proceeding, may the court permit the private petitioner, through his or her counsel, to press the case for commitment? Appellants argue that private petitioners lack legal capacity to pursue the case beyond their presentation to the Commission...

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