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ROGERS v. OKIN

Nos. 79-1648, 79-1649.

738 F.2d 1 (1984)

Rubie ROGERS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Robert OKIN, M.D., etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants. Rubie ROGERS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Robert OKIN, M.D., etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Pardee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Government Bureau, Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., and Carl Valvo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Government Bureau, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Robert Okin, M.D., etc., et al.

Joseph H. Rodriguez, Laura M. LeWinn and Penelope A. Boyd, Trenton, N.J., on brief for N.J. Dept. of Public Advocate, Div. of Mental Health Advocacy, amicus curiae.

Richard Cole, Boston, Mass., with whom Robert Burdick, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Rubie Rogers, et al.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, DAVIS and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge. This case concerns the rights of involuntarily committed mentally ill patients in Massachusetts to refuse antipsychotic drugs. It has involved all court levels in the federal system and the highest court of Massachusetts.

On April 27, 1975, Rubie Rogers and six other plaintiffs, all present or former mental patients in the May and Austin Units of the Boston State Hospital, filed suit against various officials and staff members of the hospital...

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