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· 4/13/1972

Wyatt v. Stickney

Citations

  • 344 F. Supp. 373
  • 1972 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14201

How courts have described this case

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

  • ordering the defendants to implement standards set by the court to improve the conditions of a state mental hospital
  • patients have a right to receive sealed general mail unless the treatment staff imposes a special restriction by written order
  • bed, closet or locker for personal belongings, chair, and bedside table
  • standards 18(A), 19(F) & (G), & 24
  • rights of mentally ill and retarded

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Judges: Johnson

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