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MATTER OF WOLF

No. C2-91-870.

486 N.W.2d 421 (1992)

In the Matter of Gerald W. WOLF.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 26, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Atty., Gayle C. Hendley-Zappia, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for appellant.

Thomas Bennett Wilson, III, Wilson Law Firm, Edina, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

GARDEBRING, Justice.

The state appeals from a decision of the court of appeals which held that under Minn.Stat. § 253B.09, subd. 1 a chemically dependent person who refuses all treatment may not be involuntarily committed because no facility or program is capable of meeting the patient's needs. We reverse.

The facts are undisputed. Respondent has been admitted to the Hennepin County Detoxification Center 226 times, including 47 times from February 1990...

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