Legal Opinion · Dissent
State v. Lodge
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 26, 1980No. B-9431Published
1DissentBarrow, Justice
I respectfully dissent. I would hold that the discharge of the patients from the mental hospital as no longer requiring observation or treatment terminated the order for temporary hospitalization and caused the appeal to become moot. I therefore agree with the judgment of the Austin Court of Civil Appeals that the order for temporary hospitalization should be set aside and the cause dismissed.
The same question was presented to this Court by the application for writ of error in the case of In re Ivey, 534 S.W.2d 163 (Tex.Civ.App.—Austin 1976, writ ref’d n. r. e.). The court of civil appeals,…
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