Legal Opinion
Fasulo v. Arafeh
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided September 20, 1977PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLongo, J.
The plaintiffs, Ann Fasulo and Marie Barbieri, alleging that they were illegally confined by the defendant superintendent of the Connecticut Valley Hospital, a state-operated facility for mentally disordered adults, petitioned the Superior Court for writs of habeas corpus. The court dismissed the writs and the plaintiffs appealed.
Ann Fasulo was civilly committed to Connecticut Valley Hospital in 1951, as was Marie Barbieri in 1964. Both plaintiffs press two major claims in this appeal. First, they argue that since there is a requirement of periodic court review of the necessity for…
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