When Kenneth Donaldson sued a Florida state mental hospital for failing to provide treatment
for him during 14 years of confinement, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the state
has ______.
a. a right to involuntarily confine a person for mental illness even if that person poses no
danger and could safely survive in the community
b. a right to involuntarily confine a person in a mental hospital if the person is dangerous,
even if that person is not mentally ill
c. no right to involuntarily confine a person who is dangerous unless the person is proven to
be mentally ill
d. no right to confine a person for mental illness unless that person poses a clear and
present danger or cannot safely survive in freedom
D
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