Legal Opinion · Dissent
State ex rel. D. W. v. Hensley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided December 18, 1978No. Nos. 60823, 60834Published
1DissentSeiler, Judge
The majority concludes that this case is moot because the petitioners have been released and no collateral consequences of commitment have been demonstrated. I respectfully disagree for two reasons. First, if such a hearing were required, the proper course would be to remand for a hearing rather than to dismiss. Second, a number of collateral consequences of commitment do exist which can be recognized by this court without resort to an evidentia-ry hearing.
*392At the time these petitions were filed and our writ issued, both petitioners were in the custody of the Department of Mental Health. They…
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