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O'Connor Vs. Donaldson

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 26, 1975

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  1. Humphrey Vs. Cady US Supreme Court · Mar 22, 1972
  2. Wood Vs. Strickland US Supreme Court · Feb 25, 1975
  3. Jackson Vs. Indiana US Supreme Court · Jun 07, 1972
  4. Jacobson Vs. Massachusetts US Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1905
  5. Mckeiver Vs. Pennsylvania US Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1971
  6. Specht Vs. Patterson US Supreme Court · Apr 11, 1967
  7. Baxstrom Vs. Herold US Supreme Court · Feb 23, 1966
  8. Scheuer Vs. Rhodes US Supreme Court · Apr 17, 1974
  9. Morrissey Vs. Brewer US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1972
  10. U.S. 563 (1975) U.S. Supreme Court O'Connor v. Donaldson
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  11. U.S. 563 (1975) O'Connor v. Donaldson
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  12. for respondent's continued confinement, and since neither court below had the benefit of this Court's decision in Wood v. Strickland
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  13. or to alleviate or cure his illness. See Jackson v. Indiana
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  14. harmless mentally ill does not itself establish a constitutionally adequate purpose for the confinement. See Jackson v. Indiana
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  15. McNeil v. Director
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  16. was initially permissible, it could not constitutionally continue after that basis no longer existed. Jackson v. Indiana
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  17. of those capable of surviving safely in freedom, on their own or with the help of family or friends. See Shelton v. Tucker
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  18. or animosity cannot constitutionally justify the deprivation of a person's physical liberty. See, e.g., Cohen v. California
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  19. Coates v. City
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  20. Street v. New
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  21. cf. 413 U. S. S. Dept. of Agriculture v. Moreno
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  22. Id. at 420 U. S. 322 . See also Scheuer v. Rhodes
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  23. of this question, an official has, of course, no duty to anticipate unforeseeable constitutional developments. Wood v. Strickland
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  24. we vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals and remand the case to enable that court to consider, in light of Wood v. Strickland
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  25. unacceptable to suggest that the courts are powerless to determine whether the asserted ground is present. See Jackson v. Indiana
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  26. of precedential effect, leaving this Court's opinion and judgment as the sole law of the case. See United States v. Munsingwear
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  27. the reported cases are replete with evidence of the divergence of medical opinion in this vexing area. E.g., Greenwood v. United
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  28. States, 350 U. S. 366 , 350 U. S. 375 (1956). See also Drope v. Missouri
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  29. for any reason, is a deprivation of liberty which the State cannot accomplish without due process of law. Specht v. Patterson
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  30. in an appropriate proceeding. Equally important, confinement must cease when those reasons no longer exist. See McNeil v. Director
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  31. with psychiatric treatment or released, and there was no such condition in respondent's order of commitment. Cf. Rouse v. Cameron
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  32. protect society from the dangers of significant antisocial acts or communicable disease. Cf. Minnesota ex rel. Pearson v. Probate
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  33. Hawaii v. Standard
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  34. Oil Co., 405 U. S. 251 , 405 U. S. 257 (1972). See also Mormon Church v. United
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  35. with the best interests of the affected class and that its members are unable to act for themselves. Cf. Mormon Church v. United
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  36. by different considerations, and the justifications for one may not be invoked to rationalize another. Cf. Jackson v. Indiana
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  37. Greenwood v. United
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  38. society, and will suffer real harm to themselves unless provided with care in a sheltered environment. See, e.g., Lake v. Cameron
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  39. very least, I am not able to say that a state legislature is powerless to make that kind of judgment. See Greenwood v. United
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  40. and accommodating the interests Page 422 U. S. 586 of the individual and society. See, e.g., Morrissey v. Brewer
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  41. judges are not free to read their private notions of public policy or public health into the Constitution. Olsen v. Nebraska
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  42. requires that it be invoked only for commission of a specific offense prohibited by legislative enactment. See Powell v. Texas
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  43. when quarantine is imposed by the State to protect the public from a highly communicable disease. See Jacobson v. Massachusetts
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  44. and this case does not involve the rights of a person in an initial competency or commitment proceeding. Cf. Jackson v. Indiana
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  45. Pearson v. Probate
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  46. bases for commitment justify differences in conditions of confinement is not involved in this litigation. Cf. Jackson v. Indiana
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  47. concluding, therefore, that respondent was denied rights secured by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Cf. Robinson v. California
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  48. U.S. Supreme Court O'Connor v. Donaldson
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  49. See Jackson v. Indiana
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  50. See Shelton v. Tucker
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