Nancy Pacelli, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Huron Loyd Cain v. Robert Devito

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1992-08-25

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EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. Huron Loyd Cain was trapped in a mental institution by two common features of bureaucracy: specialization and apathy. Although Cain was held 19 months after a psychiatrist concluded that he was no longer dangerous and ordered his discharge, each person he accuses has a plausible reply that he saw such a small portion of the picture that he cannot prop…

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