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PHOEBE G. v. SOLNIT

(SC 16037)

252 Conn. 68 (1999)

PHOEBE G. v. ALBERT J. SOLNIT, COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released December 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Emmett Dwyer, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Maite Barainca, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Richard J. Lynch, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (named defendant).

Robert E. Lancaster and Michael Lifrak and Elsie Miller, law student interns, filed a brief for Advocacy Unlimited et al. as amici curiae.

Callahan, C. J., and Berdon, Katz, Palmer and McDonald, Js.

Opinion

BERDON, J.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Phoebe G.,1 through her next friend, Deborah Witkin, from the trial court's dismissal of her complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The plaintiff, for whom conservators were appointed, seeks injunctive relief2 pursuant to General Statutes §§ 17a-540 through 17a-550 (patients' bill of rights),3

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