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IN RE CAVITT

No. 36648.

157 N.W.2d 171 (1968)

182 Neb. 712

In the Matter of the Sterilization of Gloria CAVITT. STATE of Nebraska, Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Gloria CAVITT, Vincent Dowding, Guardian, Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 8, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Mel Kammerlohr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellant.

Vincent Dowding, Luebs, Tracy & Huebner, Grand Island, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and CARTER, SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN and NEWTON, JJ.

CARTER, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Nebraska from a judgment of the district court for Gage County reversing an order of the Board of Examiners of Mental Deficient directing the sterilization of Gloria Cavitt.

The county court of Dawson County, after a hearing, committed Gloria to the Beatrice State Home on October 1, 1962, and she was admitted to the home on October 10, 1962, where she has remained...

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