Oliver v. Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the clear-and-convincing standard of proof \applies in civil commitment hearings in order to protect the strong personal and liberty interests at stake\
• discussing the clear and convincing evidence standard in the context of a civil commitment
• “In order to civilly commit a person, the state must prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that the person is mentally ill.”
• “In order to civilly commit a person, the state must prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that the person is mentally ill.”
• “In order to civilly commit a person, the state must prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that the person is mentally ill.”
• “In order to civilly commit a person, the state must prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that the person is mentally ill.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).