8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 27 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Robinson.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Robinson Anchor | green | “involuntary admission procedures implicate substantial liberty interests.” | 5 |
| 2 | People v. Phillip E. | green | “ensure that the mental health system does not become an oppressive tool rather than a means to serve the society in which we live.” | 4 |
| 3 | People v. Andrew B. | green | “be ever vigilant to protect against abuses of power and preserve the fundamental liberty interests of individuals subjected to involuntary-admission proceedings.” | 3 |
| 4 | In Re Stephenson | green | “the fundamental liberty interest of the person facing commitment is self-evident.” | 3 |
| 5 | People v. Splett | green | “documented history of the respondent's illness and treatment demonstrating that the respondent is unlikely to continue to receive needed treatment following release from informal or voluntary admission and that an order for involuntary admission on an outpatient basis is necessa…” | 3 |
| 6 | People v. James E. | green | “a petition and 2 certificates asserting that the recipient is subject to involuntary admission,” | 3 |
| 7 | People v. James E. | green | “upon the filing of an application with the facility director of the facility if the facility director determines and documents in the recipient's medical record that the person (1) is clinically suitable for admission as a voluntary recipient and (2) has the capacity to consent …” | 3 |
| 8 | In re Lance H. | green | “implicit in the language of the statute is that the trial court will actually consider and rule on the request, which did not occur in this case.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.