Lessard v. Schmidt

How courts have described this case

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

• identifying due process rights, including notice and an opportunity to be heard, proof that the committee poses a serious danger of harm to him or herself or others, the right to counsel, and the privilege against self-incrimination
• statements to psychiatrists unless voluntarily given after notice of possible consequences cannot be the basis of an order of commitment
• statements to psychiatrists unless voluntarily given after notice of possible consequences cannot be the basis of an order of commitment
• mandating dangerousness as a constitutional prerequisite to involuntary hospitalization
• mandating dangerousness as a constitutional prerequisite to involuntary hospitalization

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

60 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Matter of Harris
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-12-02· cited 149×
• Project Release v. Prevost
  First Circuit· 1983-10-24· cited 121×
• Romeo v. Youngberg
  Third Circuit· 1980-11-24· cited 109×
• People v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1980-10-27· cited 96×
• State Ex Rel. Watts v. Combined Community Services Board of Milwaukee County
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1985-01-31· cited 82×
• Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital
  Third Circuit· 1979-12-13· cited 59×
• French v. Blackburn
  M.D. North Carolina· 1977-03-31· cited 50×
• State v. Dennis H.
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2002-07-12· cited 49×
• Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital
  Third Circuit· 1979-12-19· cited 41×
• State Ex Rel. Lockman v. Gerhardstein
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1982-04-21· cited 36×
• State Ex Rel. Memmel v. Mundy
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1977-01-18· cited 31×
• Doe v. Gallinot
  C.D. California· 1979-09-24· cited 27×
• Johnson v. Solomon
  D. Maryland· 1979-08-17· cited 24×
• Suzuki v. Alba
  D. Hawaii· 1977-11-29· cited 22×
• In the Interest of Goodwin
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1985-04-30· cited 22×
• State v. Gebarski
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1979-06-29· cited 22×
• Waupaca County v. K.E.K.
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2021-02-09· cited 21×
• Samuel Doe, by His Mother and Next Friend, Mary Doe v. Elbert Austin, Secretary, Cabinet for Human Resources
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-08-03· cited 20×
• Outagamie County v. Michael H.
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2014-12-16· cited 19×
• Appeal of Niccoli
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-04-28· cited 19×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Younger v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1971-02-23· cited 14,568×
• Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd.
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-12· cited 1,716×
• Gibson v. Berryhill
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-07· cited 1,335×
• Humphrey v. Cady
  Supreme Court· 1972-03-22· cited 784×
• Schmidt v. Lessard
  Supreme Court· 1974-01-14· cited 535×
• Lessard v. Schmidt
  E.D. Wisconsin· 1972-10-18· cited 254×
• Lessard v. Schmidt
  E.D. Wisconsin· 1974-08-15· cited 87×
• State v. Stehlek
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1953-01-06· cited 49×
• Richard Milo Hill and George Andrew Boye v. John C. Burke, Warden, Wisconsin State Prison
  Seventh Circuit· 1970-03-17· cited 11×
• Kidd v. Schmidt
  E.D. Wisconsin· 1975-08-15· cited 9×
• Burdick v. Miech
  E.D. Wisconsin· 1975-12-03· cited 8×