Gough v. Wells Fargo Bank

How courts have described this case

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• holding that New York’s civil commitment scheme is consistent with substantive and procedural due process under the United States Constitution
• holding the involuntary commitment procedure of New York Mental Hygiene Law Section 9.27 is constitutional on its face
• finding that New York’s statutory scheme governing involuntary confinement met the requirements of due process
• “[H]aving considered the New York M.H.L. in its entirety, our inquiry leads us to conclude that the statute does meet the minimum facial requirements of due process—both substantive and procedural.”
• “A court may grant summary judgment sua sponte when it is clear that a case does not present an issue of material fact.”
• \Civil commitment for any purpose requires due process protection.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).