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STAMUS v. LEONHARDT

Civ. No. 73-126-2.

414 F.Supp. 439 (1976)

Dorothy Lorraine STAMUS and Lynne Marie Stamus, Plaintiffs, v. Frank W. LEONHARDT et al., Defendants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, State of Iowa, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, S. D. Iowa, C. D.

May 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon E. Allen, Leslie Babich and David R. Rasey, Des Moines, Iowa, for plaintiffs.

Ray A. Fenton, County Atty., Charles S. Crook, III, Asst. County Atty., Des Moines, Iowa, for defendants.

Allen L. Donielson, U. S. Atty., Paul A. Zoss, Asst. U. S. Atty., Des Moines, Iowa, for plaintiff-intervenor USA.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Stephen C. Robinson and Theodore R. Boecker, Asst. Attys. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for defendant-intervenor.

ORDER FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT

HANSON, Chief Judge.

In June of 1972, plaintiffs Dorothy Lorraine Stamus and Lynne Marie Stamus were taken into custody due to alleged mental illness and detained involuntarily at Broadlawns Polk County Hospital pursuant to the then-existing Iowa civil commitment laws.1 Approximately one year later, the Stamuses filed this action attacking the constitutionality of the Iowa involuntary hospitalization...

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