Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Marshall v. Lonberger

Marshall v. Lonberger, 454 U.S. 1141 (1982)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1982-01-11
Topic
labor-and-employment

How later courts describe this case

  • rejecting this reasoning in Brown and Waite and holding that confinement of an insanity acquittee under the D.C.Code is not based on any punitive considerations
  • ipse dixit assertion that presumption of continuing dangerousness and mental illness "is both reasonable and valid."

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C. A. 6th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and certiorari granted.