Legal Opinion
Lynch v. Sessions
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided September 30, 1996No. Civil Action 74-A-89-NPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion
ALBRITTON, District Judge.
This case is presently before the Court on the Defendants’ Motion, filed on November 29, 1991, to Vacate or Modify the Permanent Injunction initially entered in this ease on December 14, 1974. The Defendants predicate their Motion to Vacate on the' 1991 enactment of amendments to the Code of Alabama providing for the involuntary commitment and recommitment of mentally ill persons.
The case, pending since 1974, was reassigned to this judge on March 29, 1996. On June 8, 1996, Defendant Charles A. Fetner, the then Acting Commissioner of Mental Health…
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