Legal Opinion
Lessard v. Schmidt
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided October 18, 1972No. Civ. A. 71-C-602PublishedCited by 241 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
Alberta Lessard was picked up by two police officers in front of her residence in West Allis, Wisconsin, and taken to the Mental Health Center North Division, Milwaukee, on October 29, 1971. At the Center, the police officers, defendants James D. Mejchar and Jack Schneider, filled out a form entitled “Emergency Detention for Mental Observation,” following which Miss Lessard was detained on an emergency basis. On November 1, 1971, the same police officers appeared before defendant Judge Christ T. Seraphim, Milwaukee County Court, and restated the allegations contained…
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3Cited by241 opinions
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