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JOHNSON v. NOOT

Nos. 81-460, 81-696.

323 N.W.2d 724 (1982)

William A. JOHNSON, Respondent, v. Arthur E. NOOT, Commissioner of Public Welfare, Appellant. Edward Lorance MATHEWS, Appellant, v. Arthur E. NOOT, Commissioner of Public Welfare for the State of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied September 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., P. Kenneth Kohnstamm and John L. Kirwin, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, for Noot.

Philip Marron, Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners, Minneapolis, for Mathews and Johnson.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

These cases, consolidated for appeal, raise important issues of first impression concerning the Minnesota Hospitalization and Commitment Act, Minn.Stat. §§ 253A.01-.21 (1980). Petitioners1 appeal from decisions entered by three-judge appeal panels affecting their commitment status.

Petitioner William Johnson was committed to the Minnesota Security Hospital as mentally ill and dangerous by the Dakota...

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