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YEZERSKI v. FONG ET AL.

No. 25 T.D. 1980.

58 Pa.Commw. 566 (1981)

Julia S. Yezerski, Appellant v. John Fong, Individually and as Superintendent, Haverford State Hospital et al., Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

April 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Penelope A. Boyd, with her Gail M. Whitaker, for appellant.

Nicholas J. Emper, with him Murray S. Eckell, Eckell, Sparks, Vadino, Auerbach and Monte, and John S.J. Brooks and Stanley Slipakoff, Deputy Attorneys General, for appellees.

Argued March 4, 1981, before President Judge CRUMLISH, and Judges WILLIAMS, JR. and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE CRAIG, April 22, 1981:

Appellant instituted this action in July 1978 by filing a petition in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, which requests, inter alia, (1) declarations that the involuntary emergency commitments of her on June 13 and July 5, 1978 were invalid, because not complying with the Mental Health Procedures Act (MHPA)1 and violative of her right to due process under the state and...

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