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E. H. v. MATIN

No. 15278.

284 S.E.2d 232 (1981)

E. H., et al. v. Khan MATIN, M.D., Etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Gail Falk, Glen D. Moffett and Daniel F. Hedges, Charleston, for petitioners.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen. and Curtis G. Power, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondents.

NEELY, Justice:

Once again this Court's attention must be focused on the "Dickensian Squalor of unconscionable magnitudes" of West Virginia's mental institutions. State ex rel. Hawks v. Lazaro, 157 W.Va. 417, 202 S.E.2d 109, 120 (1974). The four petitioners, who bring this consolidated mandamus action pursuant to this Court's original jurisdiction, allege that they are confined...

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