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· 1/31/1985

State Ex Rel. Watts v. Combined Community Services Board of Milwaukee County

Citations

  • 362 N.W.2d 104
  • 122 Wis. 2d 65
  • 1985 Wisc. LEXIS 2110

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that protective placement statute unconstitutionally deprived individuals \of an automatic periodic reexamination of the need for continued protective placement.\
  • concluding that periodic review is required in ch. 55 civil commitment proceedings
  • concluding that periodic review is required in ch. 55 civil commitment proceedings
  • suggesting that the middle level of scrutiny could be applied to a classification based on mental illness
  • suggesting that the middle level of scrutiny could be applied to a classification based on mental illness
  • requiring annual review of protective placement

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Judges: Steinmetz

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