IN RE the COMMITMENT OF DENNIS H.,
STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent,
v.
DENNIS H., Respondent-Appellant.
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Oral argument May 1, 2002.
Decided July 12, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
For the respondent-appellant there were briefs by Ellen Henak, assistant state public defender, and Thomas K. Zander, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Ellen Henak.
For the petitioner-respondent the cause was argued by Thomas J. Balistreri, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Theresa M. Hottenroth and Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Madison, on behalf of the Treatment Advocacy Center, and there was oral argument by Mary Zdanowicz.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Mary Dianne Greenley, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy, Inc.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Robert Theine Pledl and Schott, Bublitz & Engel, S.C., Brookfield, on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Michael J. Bachhuber, Milwaukee, on behalf of the Grassroots Empowerment Project, Inc.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Richard G. Niess and Coyne, Niess, Schultz, Becker & Bauer, S.C., Madison, and Kenneth J. Kress, Iowa City, Iowa, on behalf of Kenneth J. Kress.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Herbert S. Bratt, Milwaukee, and Mark L. Adams and Melanie E. Cohen, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Psychiatric Association, Inc., and the State Medical Society of Wisconsin.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Mary Dianne Greenley, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy, Inc., and the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
¶ 1. DIANE S. SYKES, J.
This case is before the court on certification from the court of appeals, which we accepted to resolve a single issue of law: whether the fifth standard of dangerousness in the involuntary civil commitment statute, Wis. Stat. § 51.20(1)(a)2.e. (1999-2000), is constitutional. We hold that it is.
¶ 2. Dennis H. is the subject of this mental health commitment, and he has schizophrenia. His father, his psychiatrist, and his...
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