Legal Opinion
Suzuki v. Quisenberry
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided February 24, 1976No. Civ. 73-3854PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.
SYNOPSIS
With almost unanimous approval, the Fourth State Legislature of the State of Hawaii passed a new law relating to “Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction and Alcoholism.” Act 259, Session Laws of 1967, effective January 1, 1968, adopted the “medical model” and repealed the “legal model” in dealing with persons who behave differently than their peers because of some mental disorder or because of the intake of drugs or alcohol. It was hailed as a progressive and liberal piece of legislation. 1
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2Cases cited37 opinions
- Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by80 opinions
- Diamond v. CrossWashington Supreme Court · 1983
- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- In Re StephensonIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. O'CONNORMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Superintendent of Worcester State Hospital v. HagbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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