304 Pa. Super. 131 - In Re Condry’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently October 2025 · most notably 342 Pa. Super. 215 - In Re SO (1985), 315 Pa. Super. 531 - In Re McMullins (1983)
30 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Hubert · 280 Pa. Super. 539 - In Re SC · 257 Pa. Super. 446 - Commonwealth Ex Rel. Bielat v. Bielat · 293 Pa. Super. 391 - Commonwealth v. Blaker · 279 Pa. Super. 618 - In Re Commitment of Ann S.
Most-quoted passages
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“§ 7109. Mental health review officer (a) Legal proceedings concerning extended involuntary emergency treatment under section 303(c), court-ordered involuntary treatment under sections 304 and 305 or transfer hearings under section 306, may be conducted by a judge of the court of common pleas or by a mental health review officer authorized by the court to conduct the proceedings. Mental health review officers shall be members of the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, without restriction as to the county of their residence and where possible should be familiar with the field of mental health. Law-trained municipal court judges may be appointed mental health review officers. (b) In all cases in which the hearing is conducted by a mental health review officer, a person made subject to treatment shall have the right to petition the court of common pleas for review of the certification. A hearing shall be held within 72 hours after the petition is filed unless a continuance is requested by the person's counsel. The hearing shall include a review of the certification and such evidence as the court may receive or require. If the court determines that further involuntary treatment is necessary and that the procedures prescribed by this act have been followed, it shall deny the petition. Otherwise, the person shall be discharged. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no judge or mental health review officer shall specify to the treatment team the adoption of any t”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““because involuntary commitment affects an important liberty interest, and because by their nature most involuntary commit- raent orders expire before appellate review is possible.” Commonwealth v. Ida Baker [Blaker], 293 Pa.Super. 391 n. 1 , 446 A.2d 976 , 977 n. 1 (1981). Furthermore, “were we to dismiss such appeals as moot, the challenged procedure could continue yet its propriety would evade our review.” In re Ann S., 279 Pa.Super. 618 , 621 n. 2, 421 A.2d 370 , 372 n. 2 (1980). See also In re S.C., 280 Pa.Super. 539 , 421 A.2d 853 (1980); Commonwealth ex rel. Bielat v. Bielat, 257 Pa.Super. 446 , 390 A.2d 1321 (1978).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the statutory requirements [of the MHPA] were not strictly adhered to[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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