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daily link  Tuesday, August 03, 2004


County prevails in federal lawsuit vs. NAMI (Florida)
Story in the St. Augustine Record - "A federal lawsuit and appeal filed in 2000 against the St. Johns County Commission by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill has been dismissed after a long legal battle that cost the county $100,000. But it still may not be over. County Attorney Dan Bosanko said Monday that the ruling on the case -- which involved a request in April 2000 to open the county's first mental health residential facility -- came on procedural grounds. The National Alliance's attorneys raised many legal issues, but the trial judge -- as well as the appellate court -- dismissed the case because the alliance did not have "standing." In other words, no specific patient or group was damaged. ... But a National Alliance attorney said Monday that he plans to file motions for a rehearing this week..."  
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