# Proctor v. Butler

> Supreme Court of New Hampshire · November 16, 1977 · 117 N.H. 927

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9652193

## Case

- **Full name:** Randolph H. Proctor v. Edward Joshua Butler; Roland Lord v. Louis F. Zuccaro
- **Court:** Supreme Court of New Hampshire
- **Decided:** November 16, 1977
- **Citations:** 117 N.H. 927; 380 A.2d 673; 1977 N.H. LEXIS 463
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** On rehearing
- **Judges:** Bois, Grimes
- **Cited by:** 34 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Overruled in part, on other grounds by In re Sanborn, 130 N.H. 430 (1988).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9652193

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding pressing issue of public interest where courts were applying inconsistent standards of proof for the same curtailment of personal liberty through involuntary commitment
- recognizing stigmatization that accompanies involuntary civil commitment

## Opinion text

On Motion for Rehearing: After the foregoing opinion was filed, the plaintiffs moved for rehearing.
Motion for rehearing denied.

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9652193. Public record. Not legal advice.