In Re John Ballay, A/K/A Figeret Hoxha, Patient’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
13 district · 92 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 117 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably 14 Cal. 3d 306 - People v. Burnick (1975), 14 Cal. 3d 338 - People v. Feagley (1975)
13 district · 92 state decisions — followed in 30 states
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 Morrissey v. Brewer · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Goldberg v. Kelly · Roe v. Wade · Gault
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 117 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hile [a civil] commitment stands on the record, the party may face state constitutional and statutory restrictions on his voting rights; restrictions on his right to serve on a federal jury; restrictions on his ability to obtain a drivers license; and limitations on his access to a gun license.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Legg · In Re DBW“the loss of liberty the interest of `transcending value' [citing Speiser v. Randall (1958) 357 U.S. 513, 525 ( 2 L.Ed.2d 1460, 1472 )] is obviously as great for those civilly committed as for the criminal or juvenile delinquent. Indeed, it may be greater in the former since the statute provides for indefinite commitment. The only question is whether the `stigma' associated with involuntary civil commitment is as severe as the stigma of finding that an individual committed a crime. Even accepting recent medical advances, current studies clearly indicate the fallacy of contending that most people view mental illness as a disease similar to any physical ailment of the body.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“In Winship , the Court concluded that while the consequences of being adjudged a juvenile delinquent were not identical to being adjudged a criminal, the differences were not sufficient to support a distinction in the standard of proof. This was despite the fact that, unlike involuntary civil commitment, being adjudged delinquent did not deprive the child of his civil rights nor did the statute, which called for confidentiality, expose him to the stigma of a public hearing. We cannot help but conclude that the forcefully committed civil patient has at stake interests of equivalent proportions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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