Legal Opinion

Matter of Lambert

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided March 21, 1989No. C3-88-2455PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Appellant Robin Lambert, a patient at the Minnesota Security Hospital, challenges a district court order authorizing the hospital to treat him with neuroleptic medications. Lambert claims the court erred by finding him incompetent and by failing to impose necessary limits on types and levels of authorized neuroleptic drugs. Lambert also claims the court erred by authorizing the hospital to administer neu-roleptic medication for a one-year period. We affirm.

FACTS

In 1983, Lambert was committed to the Minnesota Security Hospital (MSH) at St. Peter, Minnesota, as mentally…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Price v. SheppardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
  2. Jarvis v. LevineSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
  3. Matter of Alleged Mental Illness of KinzerCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985
  4. In Re SteenCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1989

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In Re the Civil Commitment of RaboinCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2005

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