State v. Kinner

State v. Kinner, 382 So. 2d 756 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980)
Rev’d, 398 So. 2d 1360 (Fla. 1981)
Reported in 4 ABA Mental Disab. L. Rptr. 324 (1980).

At the request of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal, we represented a class of persons with developmental disabilities as amicus curiae in a case which challenged the constitutionality of Florida's statutory provision allowing for involuntary commitment of persons with developmental disabilities to residential facilities. After the DCA found the provision unconstitutional, the Legislature amended the statute in a manner consistent with the position argued in the brief. Co-counsel was the Governor's Commission on Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (now Disability Rights Florida).