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· 9/4/1985

Birl v. Wallis

Citations

  • 619 F. Supp. 481
  • 1985 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16254

How courts have described this case

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

  • \due process requires that mental patients ... be given certain basic procedural safeguards before they are returned from trial visit\
  • “due process requires that mental patients ... be given certain basic procedural safeguards before they are returned from trial visit”
  • Williams is inapplicable to recommitment of patients discharged from mental health institutions on trial visits, “because the procedures used and the interests at stake are so different for patients deemed criminally insane and patients who are civilly committed”

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Judges: Myron H. Thompson

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