Court Opinion

ID: 9738703
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:01:15.20791+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:07.997088
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WOLLMAN, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
I would affirm the trial court, for I think that this is one of those cases in which the undisputed facts establish the existence of probable cause to initiate the legal proceedings. The fact that the mental illness board did not find that the allegations in the petition had been proved by clear and convincing evidence should not be construed as evidence of lack of probable cause. Wadlington v. Coyne, 49 S.D. 563, 207 N.W. 539 (1926).
*807I am authorized to state that Justice Morgan joins in this dissent.