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BURR v. PRYOR

No. LR-C-78-173.

468 F.Supp. 1314 (1979)

Genyce E. BURR, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. David PRYOR, Governor, State of Arkansas, David Ray, State Comm. of Dept. of Human Services, Frankie Wallingsford, Dir. Arkansas Office of Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism, Clarence Perkins, Adm'r Southeast Arkansas Mental Health Center, and Bessie Lancelin, Supervisor, Alcohol Abuse Control Center, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Arkansas, W. D.

April 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ann Spencer, Little Rock, Ark., and James Carfagno, Jr., Legal Aid Bureau of Central Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Ark., for plaintiffs.

Robert R. Ross, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROY, District Judge.

In this action plaintiff Genyce E. Burr challenges the constitutionality of Arkansas' statutory scheme pertaining to the involuntary commitment of alleged alcoholics. The plaintiff brings this action individually and on behalf of all other persons who are now subject, or who in the future might be subjected, to involuntary commitment on the basis of alleged alcoholism. This Court's jurisdiction has been invoked pursuant...

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