Legal Opinion
In Re Bishop
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 17, 1998PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLINS, President Judge.
The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) and Mayview State Hospital (Mayview) appeal from the orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County joining them as indispensable parties in the commitment of Bobbie Jean Bishop, directing Mayview to admit Bishop or face contempt proceedings, and directing that Bishop be transported to Mayview.
On August 21, 1997 the court of common pleas ordered that Bishop be committed involuntarily to Mayview for a period of 180 days pursuant to Section 305 of the Mental Health Procedures Act (MHPA).1 As of that date,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Colonial Gardens Nursing Home, Inc. v. BachmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. AlessiCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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