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FASULO v. ARAFEH

173 Conn. 473 (1977)

ANN FASULO v. MEHADIN K. ARAFEH, SUPERINTENDENT, CONNECTICUT VALLEY HOSPITAL MARIE BARBIERI v. MEHADIN K. ARAFEH, SUPERINTENDENT, CONNECTICUT VALLEY HOSPITAL

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released September 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence Thatcher, student intern, supervised by Mary F. Keller, with whom, on the brief, were Stephen Wizner, Dennis E. Curtis, and Judith M. Mears, for the appellants (plaintiff in each case).

Carol A. Feinstein, assistant attorney general, with whom were Maurice Myron, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Carl R. Ajello, attorney general, for the appellee (defendant in each case).

HOUSE, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, LONGO and SPEZIALE, JS.

LONGO, J.

The plaintiffs, Ann Fasulo and Marie Barbieri, alleging that they were illegally confined by the defendant superintendent of the Connecticut Valley Hospital, a state-operated facility for mentally disordered adults, petitioned the Superior Court for writs of habeas corpus. The court dismissed the writs and the plaintiffs appealed.

Ann Fasulo was civilly committed to Connecticut Valley Hospital in 1951, as was Marie Barbieri in 1964. Both plaintiffs...

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