Cr v. Adams V’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a statute which permits the revocation of outpatient or convalescent leave without notice or opportunity to be heard prior to institutionalization is infirm for failure to comport with the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 619 F. Supp. 481 - Birl v. Wallis

2. “[i]f the patient is refusing treatment, which usually means missing appointments, the treating psychologist informs the mental health referee, who has the authority to issue an order for the patient's return to the hospital.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Application of True

3. “Involuntary confinement for treatment of mental illness is a `massive curtailment of liberty.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Application of True