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· 2/16/1993

G.T. v. Stone

Citations

  • 622 A.2d 491
  • 159 Vt. 607

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that \liberty interest at stake in a civil commitment proceeding is as valuable an interest as the liberty interest at stake in criminal proceeding\
  • patient committed to VSH and conditionally released has liberty status that cannot be terminated without due process of law
  • federal and Vermont constitutions require hearing before patient’s conditional discharge may be revoked, unless patient poses imminent danger of harm to self or others
  • Article 1 requires hearing before revocation of conditional discharge from state mental institution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson

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