Cruz Berrios, Lilliam v. Exparte

How courts have described this case

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

• requiring subject of involuntary commitment proceedings to appear in shackles violated petitioner's rights under the due process clause
• remanding to district court to “determine whether prejudice resulted” to habeas petitioner by being forced to appear with restraints at civil-commitment trial
• “Shackling [or] restraining ... a [party] ... must be limited to eases urgently demanding that action, based upon a balancing of the [party’s] rights to be present and to have an impartial jury with the need for orderly administration of justice.”
• addressing issue of custody even though respondent did not raise issue
• addressing issue of custody even though respondent did not raise issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).