Goldy v. Beal’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 6 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently March 2016 · most notably Hassine v. Jeffes (1988), Romeo v. Youngberg (1980)
12 federal appellate · 6 district · 13 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2281 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Younger v. Harris · Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co. · Gerstein v. Pugh · Preiser v. Rodriguez · Steffel v. Thompson
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Whenever a person is believed to be mentally disabled, and in need of care or treatment by reason of such mental disability, and examination of such person has been made by a physician or physicians, or for any reason the examination of such person cannot be made, a petition may be presented to the court of common pleas of the county in which a person resides or is, for his immediate examination or commitment to an appropriate facility for examination, observation and diagnosis. (1) The petition may be made by a relative, guardian, friend, individual standing in loco parentis or by the executive officer or an authorized agent of a governmental or recognized nonprofit health and welfare organization or agency or any responsible person. (2) The petition shall set forth the facts upon which the petitioner bases his belief of mental disability and the efforts made to secure examination of the person by a physician. (3) Said court upon consideration of such petition shall: (i) issue a warrant requiring that such person be brought before said court; (ii) fix a date for a hearing which shall be as soon as the warrant is executed, and (iii) notify the parties in interest. (4) After hearing, said court may: (i) order an immediate examination by two physicians appointed by said court, or (ii) order the commitment of the person believed to be mentally disabled, to a facility for a period not exceeding ten days for the purpose of examination. If the examination can be accomplished by”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““‘1. On July 28, 1976, this Court declared unconstitutional and enjoined the operation of Section 406 of the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966. “ ‘2. Legislation has been introduced in the Pennsylvania General Assembly which would provide commitment procedures for the mentally retarded. “‘3. Until such legislation is enacted, no procedures exist for the involuntary commitment of a mentally retarded adult to an institution for the mentally retarded for long term non-emergency care and treatment which is deemed necessary. “ ‘4. Until this type of legislation is enacted and becomes effective, commitments of mentally retarded adults pursuant to Section 406 may be processed provided that Defendant Beal, his agents and assigns, those under his direction, and all facility directors shall not receive any such person except upon judicial determination that the following standard is met. “ ‘A person shall be determined to be a mentally retarded person in need of residential placement only upon the following findings ... (3) the person, because of his retardation presents a substantial risk of physical injury to himself or physical debilitation as demonstrated by behavior within 30 days of the petition which shows that he is unable to provide for, and is not providing for his most basic need for nourishment, personal and medical care, shelter, self-protection and safety, that provision for such needs is not available and cannot be developed or provided in his own home or ”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(b) Determination of Clear and Present Danger.—(1) Clear and present danger to others shall be shown by establishing that within the past 30 days the person has inflicted or attempted to inflict serious bodily harm on another and that there is a reasonable probability that such conduct will be repeated. If, however, the person has been found incompetent to be tried or has been acquitted by reason of lack of criminal responsibility on charges arising from conduct involving infliction of or attempt to inflict substantial bodily harm on another, such 30-day limitation shall not apply so long as an application for examination and treatment is filed within 30 days after the date of such determination or verdict. In such case, a clear and present danger to others may be shown by establishing that the conduct charged in the criminal proceeding did occur, and that there is a reasonable probability that such conduct will be repeated.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.