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· 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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