Legal Opinion
Suzuki v. Alba
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided November 29, 1977No. Civ. 73-3854PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.
In 1967, the Fourth State Legislature of the State of Hawaii passed Act 259, relating to “Mental Health, Mental Illness, Drug Addiction and Alcoholism.” On March 18, 1976, in an action attacking the Act as unconstitutional, I held that the nonconsensual provisions of the Act were unconstitutional as violative of due process, except for a limited application of the short-term emergency hospitalization section. Suzuki v. Quisenberry, 411 F.Supp. 1113 (D.Haw. 1976) [hereinafter cited as Suzuki I].
In April, 1976, the Hawaii…
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