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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 11 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 Kansas v. Hendricks.

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1 Kansas v. Hendricks Anchor
scotus · 1997
green “states have in certain narrow circumstances provided for the forcible civil detainment of people who are unable to control their behavior and who thereby pose a danger to the public health and safety.” 8
2 In Re the Treatment & Care of Luckabaugh
sc · 2002
green “inherent within the mental abnormality prong of the act is a lack of control determination.” 2

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