Which of the following U.S. Supreme Court cases upheld the use of involuntary civil commitment as a legitimate strategy for confining dangerous sex offenders to a mental institution after they have completed a prison sentence?

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Kansas v. Hendricks is the only case on the list that specifically deals with the use of involuntary civil commitment for dangerous sex offenders. In this case, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Kansas' Sexually Violent Predator Act, which allowed for the indefinite confinement of individuals deemed to be "sexually violent predators" after they had completed their prison sentences. The other cases are either unrelated or do not address the use of involuntary civil commitment for dangerous sex offenders.

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