Dangerous to self
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 504 U.S. 71 - Foucha v. Louisiana · 1992Most cited · 1,807 citing opinions
the condition of a person whose behavior, significant threats or inaction supports a reasonable expectation that there is a substantial risk that he will inflict physical or severe emotional harm upon his own person." § 28:2(4).
How often courts cite the case defining “Dangerous to self”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Dangerous to self” — 1,804 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.