| Citation: | 119 F. Supp.2d 900 (2000) |
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| Court: | N.D. Iowa |
| Date decided: | Oct 30, 2000 |
| Longer case name: | Maximo SALCIDO, by his next friend, Amelia GILLILAND, Plaintiff, v. Woodbury County, Iowa; Jessie Rasmussen, as Director of the IA Dept Human Svcs; and Thomas L. Vilsack, as Governor of Iowa, Defendants. |
| Law type: | Civil |
| Jurisdiction level: | Federal |
| State of origin: | Iowa |
| Topic(s): | Civil commitment and Mental health |
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| Result: | Win |
| Attorneys: | Frank Tenuta of Legal Services Corp. of Iowa, Sioux City, IA, for Plaintiff. |
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(The syllabus is not part of the opinion, but is a summary prepared by the court reporter as a convenience.)Iowa’s civil commitment statute was declared unconstitutional on its face because there was no process to contest placement decisions and the board of supervisors were not neutral decision makers to decide appeals.
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