Legal Opinion
Benham v. Ledbetter
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided April 22, 1985No. Civ. A C80-78RPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.
In this class action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1981), plaintiffs challenge Georgia’s procedures governing the involuntary commitment and the release from state mental hospitals of persons who have been acquitted of criminal charges by reason of insanity (insanity acquittees). In November of 1980, this Court found Georgia’s commitment and release procedures unconstitutional and granted plain tiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction. See Benham v. Edwards, 501 F.Supp. 1050 (N.D.Ga.1980). On appeal, the former Fifth Circuit affirmed this…
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- Benham v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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