Dixon v. Attorney General’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
June 1986
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2 · 28 U.S.C. § 2284
Relies on Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson · Swift & Co. v. Wickham · Honeyman v. Hanan · Villa v. Van Schaick · Jost v. United States
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““Commitment on application by relative, etc.; physicians’ certificates; review (a) A written application for commitment to a facility may be made in the interest of any person who appears to be mentally disabled and in need of care. It may be made by a relative, guardian, friend, individual standing in loco parentis to the person to be committed, or by the executive officer or an authorized agent of a governmental or recognized nonprofit health or welfare organization or agency or any responsible person. “(b) Such application shall be accompanied by the certificates of two physicians who have examined the person whose commitment is sought, within one week of the date of the certificates, and who have found that, in their opinion, such person is mentally disabled and in need of care. In the case of a mentally retarded person, the physicians’ certification shall be accompanied by the report of a psychologist. No person shall be committed hereunder if any certificate is dated more than thirty days prior to the date of commitment, except that if the mental disability consists of mental retardation, the certificates may be dated not more than three months prior to the date of commitment. The application, certificates and the report, if any, shall be signed and sworn to or affirmed. “(e) The director may receive the person named in the application and detain him until discharge in accordance with the provisions of this act. When application is made by any person other than a relati”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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