Legal Opinion
King v. Schafer
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1991No. 90-2652EMPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Seven patients involuntarily committed to the care and custody of the Missouri Department of Mental Health appeal the District Court’s order granting summary judgment to the Director of Mental Health. Cry tes v. Schafer, 743 F.Supp. 677 (E.D.Mo.1990). In dispute is whether the Department’s practice of using the patients’ social security benefits to pay the costs of their care and treatment violates federal law. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
The parties stipulated to the following facts. Each of the plaintiffs was involuntarily committed to the care and custody of…
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- Crytes v. SchaferDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1990
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