Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Major Field LOCKHART v. T. N. ARMISTEAD, Superintendent East Louisiana State Hospital
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-05-25
Citations: 345 So. 2d 898
Docket Number: No. 59665
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Major Field LOCKHART v. T. N. ARMISTEAD, Superintendent East Louisiana State Hospital.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 345
Pages: 898–898

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Major Field LOCKHART v. T. N. ARMISTEAD, Superintendent East Louisiana State Hospital.
No. 59665.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 25, 1977.

Opinion:
In re: Major Field Lockhart applying for writs of certiorari, mandamus, prohibition and habeas corpus.
Granted.
The petition of the relator in the above entitled and numbered case having been duly considered,
It is ordered that a writ of certiorari issue herein, directing the Honorable Cecil C. Lowe, Judge of the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, Court for the Parish of Webster, to transmit to the Supreme Court of Louisiana, on or before the 15th day of June, 1977, the record in duplicate, or a certified copy of the record in duplicate, of the proceedings complained of by the relator herein, to the end that the validity of said proceedings may be ascertained.
It is further ordered that the aforesaid Judge of said Court and the respondent through counsel shall show cause, in this court, on a day to be fixed by this court, why the relief prayed for in the petition of the relator should not be granted.