Rubie ROGERS et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees and Cross-Appellants,
v.
Robert OKIN, M.D. et al., Defendants, Appellants and Cross-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 8, 1980.
Decided November 25, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard W. Cole, Roxbury, Md., with whom Robert Burdick, Clyde D. Bergstresser, Shubow, Stahlin & Bergstresser and Michael Haroz, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Ruby Rogers, et al.
Stephen Schultz, Administrative and Legal Counsel, Boston, Mass., with whom, Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Robert Okin, et al.
Joel I. Klein, Washington, D. C., with whom Ellen S. Silberman and Rogovin, Stern & Huge, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for American Psychiatric Association, amicus curiae.
Christopher A. Hansen, New York City, with whom Robert M. Levy, New York City, and Robert Plotkin, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for The American Orthopsychiatric Association, The Mental Health Association, the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, and The Mental Patients' Liberation Front, amici curiae.
Thomas F. O'Hare, Wellesley, Mass., and Susan F. Kendall, Law Student, Boston, Mass., on brief, for The Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, amicus curiae.
Patrick R. Carroll, Boston, Mass., and William T. McGrail, Clinton, Mass., on brief, for The Massachusetts Hospital Association, Inc., amicus curiae.
Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, DAVIS, Judge, U.S. Court of Claims.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
These appeals are the latest stage in a lengthy and complex civil rights action concerning the practices at Massachusetts state mental health facilities. Plaintiffs are voluntary and involuntary psychiatric patients at Massachusetts state mental health facilities. Defendants are the state Commissioner of Mental Health and various hospital officials and physicians responsible for plaintiffs' care. The full factual background and procedural history...
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