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McKENNA v. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH

347 Mass. 674 (1964)

199 N.E.2d 686

JOHN L. McKENNA vs. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 23, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Brooke, Attorney General, & Nelson I. Crowther, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for the respondents.

Francis C. McKenna for the petitioner.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, KIRK, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.

REARDON, J.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Commissioner of Mental Health and the superintendent of Cushing Hospital to restore the petitioner to his position at the Cushing Hospital without loss of compensation. See G.L.c. 249, § 5. On July 30, 1963, a judge of the Superior Court ordered the writ to issue and the petitioner was reinstated. On September 18, 1963, the judge ordered further that...

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