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  "name_abbreviation": "Lavelle v. Guilford Area Mental Illness, Mental Retardation, & Substance Abuse Authority",
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    "parties": [
      "JANELLE M. LAVELLE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. GUILFORD AREA MENTAL ILLNESS, MENTAL RETARDATION, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AUTHORITY and DR. TIMOTHY DAUGHTRY, in his official capacity as Area Director of Guilford Area Mental Illness, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Authority, Defendants-Appellees"
    ],
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      {
        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nFor the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of Judge (now Justice) Orr in the Court' of Appeals, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.\nREVERSED.\nJustice ORR did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "PER CURIAM."
      }
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    "attorneys": [
      "Central Carolina Legal Services, Inc., by Janet McAuley-Blue, and N. C. Legal Services Resource Center, by Sorien K. Schmidt, for plaintiff-appellant.",
      "Guilford County Attorney\u2019s Office, by J. Edwin Pons, Deputy County Attorney, for defendant-appellees.",
      "Carolina Legal Assistance, Inc., by Deborah Greenblatt; and Governor\u2019s Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities, by Barbara A. Jackson, amici curiae."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "JANELLE M. LAVELLE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. GUILFORD AREA MENTAL ILLNESS, MENTAL RETARDATION, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AUTHORITY and DR. TIMOTHY DAUGHTRY, in his official capacity as Area Director of Guilford Area Mental Illness, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Authority, Defendants-Appellees\nNo. 338A94\n(Filed 5 May 1995)\nHospitals and Medical Facilities or Institutions \u00a7 24 (NCI4th)\u2014 confidential mental health records \u2014 release to attorney\nThe decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion. Therefore, plaintiff is entitled to a declaratory judgment that N.C.G.S. \u00a7 122C-53(i) requires a mental health facility, upon the request of a client, to release to an attorney all confidential information relating to the client without restriction.\nAm Jur 2d, Hospitals and Asylums \u00a7 43.\nAppeal by plaintiff pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) of the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 115 N.C. App. 75, 443 S.E.2d 761 (1994), affirming the judgment allowing defendants\u2019 motion for summary judgment entered by Rousseau, J., at the 7 December 1992 Civil Session of Superior Court, Guilford County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 11 April 1995.\nCentral Carolina Legal Services, Inc., by Janet McAuley-Blue, and N. C. Legal Services Resource Center, by Sorien K. Schmidt, for plaintiff-appellant.\nGuilford County Attorney\u2019s Office, by J. Edwin Pons, Deputy County Attorney, for defendant-appellees.\nCarolina Legal Assistance, Inc., by Deborah Greenblatt; and Governor\u2019s Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities, by Barbara A. Jackson, amici curiae."
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