Stamus v. Leonhardt

How courts have described this case

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

• striking down statute which authorized detention of individual who “is believed to be mentally ill and a fit subject for custody and treatment in the hospital
• rejecting as unconstitutional Iowa statute permitting institutional placement of nondangerous mentally-ill person
• “Due process and equal protection require that the standards for commitment must be (a) that the person is mentally ill and poses a serious threat of substantial harm to himself and others; and (b
• \pose a serious threat to themselves or others\
• “pose a serious threat to themselves or others”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).