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State v. L.O.W. (In re L.O.W.)

Citations

  • 424 P.3d 789
  • 292 Or. App. 376

How courts have described this case

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

  • reversing order of commitment when the appellant was involuntarily hospitalized for more than five days without a hearing
  • a person held longer than five judicial days without a hearing is entitled to dismissal
  • statutory scheme “suggests that the legislature intended the five-judicial-day rule to be not merely an obli- gation on physicians and hospitals to release people after a designated period of time, but a procedural prerequisite to lawful commitment proceedings”

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Judges: Garrett, Ortega, Powers

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