Gonzalez v. Martinez’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 794 · 42 U.S.C. § 10801 (Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986) · 42 U.S.C. § 10807 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla. · Lord Electric Co. v. United States · Mallard v. United States Dist. Court for Southern Dist. of Iowa · Utility Contractors, Inc. v. United States · Stanley v. Central Intelligence Agency
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is the belief of the Committee that conciliation, negotiation, mediation and other administrative procedures can work effectively in providing protection and advocacy of the mentally ill, especially because litigation in most instances is costly and time consuming. The Committee recognizes the experience of the [P & A] System in implementing such negotiation and mediation on behalf of persons with disabilities, as well as the system’s use of other administrative remedies in lieu of litigation. The Committee further notes that only 5 percent of [P & A] cases in 1984 have resulted in court action. The Committee intends that the [P & A] System in its new role as the eligible protection and advocacy system for mentally ill persons under this Act should continue the non-litiga-tive approach to advocacy and dispute resolution and urges the continued use of administrative and alternative remedies prior to the initiation of a legal action. “It is not the intention of the Committee that the administrative remedies must be pursued for an unreasonable duration, but rather that whenever possible there should be timely and reasonable attempts made to mediate and negotiate appropriate administrative remedies. If the pursuit of administrative remedies has not solved any matter within a reasonable time, the eligible system may pursue alternative remedies, including the initiation of a legal action.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dunn v. Dunn““(a) Prior to instituting any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of an individual with mental illness, an eligible system ... shall exhaust in a timely manner all administrative remedies where appropriate. If, in pursuing administrative remedies, the system ... determines that any matter with respect to such individual will not be resolved within a reasonable time, the system ... may pursue alternative remedies, including the initiation of a legal action. “(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to any legal action instituted to prevent or eliminate imminent serious harm to an individual with mental illness.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dunn v. Dunn
How this case has been treated — in progress
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