Widgeon v. Eastern Shore Hospital Center

How courts have described this case

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• holding that existence of remedy under § 1983\is not a persuasive basis\ to defeat claim based on state constitution
• justifying an implied action for damages under the Maryland Constitution almost entirely based on common law predecessors—specifically a trespass action for violation of right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure guaranteed by the Magna Carta
• referring to prior cases regarding local safety ordinances
• referring to the state hospital and “individual state defendants”
• involuntary placement in a state mental hospital
• “It is a well-settled rule . . . that where a particular set of facts gives rise to alternative causes of action, they may be brought together in one declaration, and where several remedies are requested, an election is not required prior to final judgment.” (citations omitted)

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