· 10/15/1878
Leeper v. Baker
Citations
- 68 Mo. 400
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- recognizing that State Constitution provides mentally ill persons “with certain fundamental liberty interests” such as the “right to be free from unjustified intrusion upon their personal security”
- mentally ill persons have a fundamental constitutional right to be free from unjustifiable intrusion upon personal security
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Judges: Napton
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