Addington v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1979-04-30

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Me. Chief Justice Burgee delivered the opinion of the Court. The question in this case is what standard of proof is required by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution in a civil proceeding brought under state law to commit an *420 individual involuntarily for an indefinite…

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