SELING v. YOUNG, 531 U.S. 250 (2001)

MARK SELING, SUPERINTENDENT, SPECIAL COMMITMENT CENTER v. ANDRE BRIGHAM YOUNG CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 99-1185. Argued October 31, 2000 Decided January 17, 2001 Washington State’s Community Protection Act of 1990 (Act) authorizes the civil commitment of “sexually violent predators,” persons who suffer from a mental abnormality […]

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531 U.S. 250

531 U.S. 250 531 U.S. 250121 S.Ct. 727148 L.Ed.2d 734 NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, […]

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