Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Sudduth v. City of Pittsburgh
535 U.S. 1061
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2002-05-13
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- trial within 60 days of a probable cause hearing is mandatory but not jurisdictional; by not filing a motion to dismiss, detainee waived right to challenge the state’s noncompliance with the requisite time period
- purpose of the SVP Act is civil commitment, which does not implicate retribution
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SUDDUTH
v.
CITY OF PITTSBURGH ET AL.
No. 01-8865.
Supreme Court of the United States.
May 13, 2002.
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Commw. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 769 A. 2d 1256.