Legal Opinion

In Re JM

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 25, 1999Published

1Opinion of the Court

556 Pa. 63 (1999)

726 A.2d 1041

In re J.M.

Appeal of County of Fayette.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 9, 1998.

Decided March 25, 1999.

J.E. Ferens, Jr., Uniontown, for County of Fayette.

Howard Ulan, Harrisburg, for Department of Public Welfare.

Etta Warman, Uniontown, for J.M.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

Appellant, the County of Fayette, appeals from the Superior Court's determination that the County improperly issued a warrant, pursuant to 50 P.S. § 7302 of the Mental Health Procedures Act ("MHPA"),[1] for the…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Parham v. J. R.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. PiperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  5. McCabe v. Life-Line Ambulance Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996

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