O'Conner v. Donaldson (1975) by Jabion Drayton https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj Made with good vibes en-us 2020-11-18 15:22:54 UTC 2023-05-19 13:02:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Chief Justice and associates jdrayt9378 https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/937177486 Chief Justice-Warren Burger

Associate justices
-Douglas
-Brennan
-Stewart
-White
-Marshall
-Blackmun
-Powell
-Rehnquist

]]> 2020-11-18 15:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/937177486 Case Info jdrayt9378 https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/958729751 Kenneth Donaldson Was admitted to a Florida hospital and diagnosed as a schizophrenic following a brief court hearing. After being told he would be institutionalized for "a few weeks" he was there for nearly fifteen years.  During this time Donaldson was kept in very confined. During this time he also refused electroshock treatment or take medication and claimed to only have received cognitive therapy no more than six times. J.B O'Conner(Assistant clinical director) along with the hospital provided Donaldson with minimal psychiatric treatment. And in 1971 Donaldson charged O'Connor and the hospital with maliciously depriving him of his liberty.]]> 2020-11-25 05:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/958729751 Lower court jdrayt9378 https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/958930665 The Jury decided in favor of Donaldson
-O'Connor claimed he was acting in good faith but his appeal was rejected by the fifth circuit.  ]]> 2020-11-25 07:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/958930665 Opinion jdrayt9378 https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/958952066 The court unanimously decided in opposition to O'Connor
-Justice Stewart acknowledged that the state cannot constitutionally confine a non dangerous mentally-ill person.]]> 2020-11-25 07:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/958952066 Question/ Answer jdrayt9378 https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/958964393 Q.Did the Fifth Circuit properly consider the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on O’Connor’s claimed reliance on state law?

A.No, Justice Stewart held that the fifth circuit must determine if the trial court properly instructed the jury on O’Connor’s reliance on state law. 

vote: 9/9]]> 2020-11-25 07:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/958964393 Oral arguments jdrayt9378 https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/959007949
Raymond W. Gearey, Jr.
-During his confinement Donaldson refused various forms of therapy other than medicine and electroshock


Bruce J. Ennis, Jr. held that Donaldson never actually refused any treatment.
 


]]> 2020-11-25 07:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/959007949 Restraint/activism jdrayt9378 https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/959025025 I think this case was judicial restraint because it told the hospital they couldn't do anything like they did to Donaldson anymore because it was unconstitutional.]]> 2020-11-25 08:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jdrayt9378/q8inhatvsb64l6zj/wish/959025025