Doremus v. Farrell

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a jury trial is not constitutionally required to afford due process in a state civil commitment proceeding
• declaring predecessor to current Commitment Act violated due process rights, in part because it did not have recent overt act requirement
• striking down statute which authorized detention of individual who is “mentally ill” and “a fit subject for custody and treatment in a hospital”
• \poses a serious threat of substantial harm to himself or to others\
• probable cause hearing within five days; full hearing within fourteen days
• probable cause hearing within five days; full hearing within fourteen days

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).