Legal Opinion
Project Release v. Prevost
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 24, 1982No. 78 CV 1467 (ERN)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
NEAHER, District Judge.
Project Release, a not-for-profit organization, and Carrie Greene, a State mental patient, brought this action to challenge the constitutionality of the voluntary, involuntary and emergency commitment procedures contained in New York Mental Hygiene Law (hereinafter “M.H.L.”) §§ 9.13, 9.27, 9.39. Project Release is a self-help organization composed of current and former mental health patients, many of whom have been admitted to mental hospitals under M.H.L. Greene was admitted to a State mental hospital initially under the emergency…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. RomeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- O'Connor v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Parham v. J. R.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Humphrey v. CadySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Daniel Howard Bee v. Dr. Keith Greaves, Medic Keith Hughes and Dr. Robert GreerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Project Release v. PrevostCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Project Release v. PrevostCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- Ughetto v. AcrishAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- In re Harry M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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