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· 6/17/2004

Benn v. Universal Health System, Inc.

Citations

  • 371 F.3d 165
  • 2004 WL 1351495

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[P]rivate misuse of a state statute does not describe conduct that can be attributed to the State.”
  • expert affidavit opining that mental healthcare professionals acted with gross negligence in recommending involuntary civil commitment did not preclude court from deciding, as a matter of law, that no reasonable jury could find that the doctors were grossly negligent
  • referring to the Brentwood Academy considerations as “factors”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Sloviter, Alito, Oberdorfer

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