Jurasek v. Utah State Hospital

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that any finding of dangerousness made at a commitment hearing is of \dubious relevance” to the dangerousness determination needed to forcibly medicate unless such a determination is made \close in time to the hospital's decision to medicate”
• stating that any finding of dangerousness made at a commitment hearing is of \dubious relevance\ to the dangerousness determination needed to forcibly medicate unless such a determination is made \close in time to the hospital's decision to medicate\
• noting that “treatment with psychotropic drugs is not punishment”
• right to refuse treatment could be outweighed by state's interests in preserving life
• applying Harper's reasonableness standard to civilly committed patient
• Supreme Court merely assumed right to discontinue lifesaving treatment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).