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TEASEL v. DEP'T OF MENTAL HEALTH

Docket No. 69896, (Calendar No. 15).

419 Mich. 390 (1984)

355 N.W.2d 75

TEASEL v. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Hale Ladue and Donald E. Gratrix for the plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and George L. McCargar and Thomas R. Wheeker, Assistant Attorneys General, for the defendant.

RYAN, J.

We granted leave to appeal in this case to determine the authority of a circuit court to review the decision of officials of the Department of Mental Health ordering an involuntarily committed patient to be discharged from hospitalization.

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An understanding of the plaintiff's history is necessary for a full appreciation of the basis for our decision. Because this case is before us on review of the...

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