In Re MD’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
1 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently January 2017
1 district · 7 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 O'Connor v. Donaldson · 98 Wash. 2d 276 - Matter of Harris · 143 Ill. 2d 225 - People v. Splett · State v. Condrick · In re W. H.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`[t]he best interests of the mentally ill lie more often than not in treatment that does not involve commitment. Voluntary avenues must be explored before invoking the mandate of involuntary commitment. If commitment is always associated with force, those who need help may be diverted from seeking assistance.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. In Re RL“Treatment on a voluntary basis shall be preferred to involuntary treatment and in every case, the least restrictive conditions consistent with adequate treatment shall be provided.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re RL“to patient; involuntary commitment proceedings can result in negative social consequences). Additionally, we have noted that”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re RL
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.