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DEPT. OF HEALTH AND REHAB. SERVICES v. STATE

No. 75-728.

338 So.2d 220 (1976)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH, SOUTH FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL, and James V. Diodato, M.D., Superintendent, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Clark, Tallahassee, for appellants, State of Florida Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Paul H. Zacks, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

WALDEN, Judge.

Appellants, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Division of Mental Health, South Florida State Hospital and James V. Diodato, M.D., Superintendent, were adjudged to be in criminal contempt of court for violating the terms of a court order. They appeal. We reverse.

This appeal has to do with the problems generated by Arthur Harold Robinson and the attempts of those in authority to solve or ameliorate them.

Robinson was charged...

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