Legal Opinion
In Re Psychopathic Personality of Dittrich
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 14, 1943No. 33,415PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Peterson, Justice.
In proceedings under Minn. St. 1941, §§ 526.09 to 526.11 (Mason St. 1940 Supp. §§ 8992-184a to 8992-184c), appellant was adjudged to be a psychopathic personality and committed to a state hospital for treatment and care. He appealed to the district court, where the adjudication of the probate court was affirmed. Then he appealed to this court. A psychopathic personality is defined by § 526.09 to mean “the existence in any person of such conditions of emotional instability, or impulsiveness of behavior, or lack of customary standards of good judgment, or failure to appreciate…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Minnesota Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate Court of Ramsey CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- State Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
- People v. ChapmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
- In Re Guardianship of StromSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
- Pedrow v. FederoffCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1926
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Esther Marion, Guardian of James E. Marion, Incompetent v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Matter of MarteniesCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1984
- Carpenter Ex Rel. Carpenter v. BirkholmSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Meemken v. O'HARASupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Gand v. Jay Bros., Inc.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985
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