Legal Opinion
Stamus v. Leonhardt
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided May 28, 1976No. Civ. 73-126-2PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
HANSON, Chief Judge.
In June of 1972, plaintiffs Dorothy Lorraine Stamus and Lynne Marie Stamus were taken into custody due to alleged mental illness and detained involuntarily at Broadlawns Polk County Hospital pursuant to the then-existing Iowa civil commitment laws. 1 Approximately one year later, the Stamuses filed this action attacking the constitutionality of the Iowa involuntary hospitalization statutes for the mentally ill, as well as the constitutionality of the practices to which they were subjected by defendant Polk County officials. In light of…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by75 opinions
- Project Release v. PrevostCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Project Release v. PrevostCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- Matter of HarrisWashington Supreme Court · 1982
- In Re StephensonIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- In the Matter of B.B., Alleged to Be Seriously Mentally Impaired, B.B.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2013
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