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De Marcos v. Overholser, Superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital
314 U.S. 609·Supreme Court of the United States·1941
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Opinion
No. 302.
De Marcos v. Overholser, Superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital.
October 13, 1941.
J. Ralph De Marcos, pro sc. Assistant Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Berge, and Mr. W. Marvin Smith for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
The petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; the motion for a supplemental record; and the motion for leave to proceed further in forma pauperis, are denied.