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COLE v. RICHARDSON

No. 679.

397 U.S. 238 (1970)

COLE, BOSTON STATE HOSPITAL SUPERINTENDENT, ET AL. v. RICHARDSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 16, 1970

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Quinn, Attorney General of Massachusetts, Mark L. Cohen, Assistant Attorney General, and Gregor I. McGregor, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for appellants in No. 679. Messrs. Quinn, Cohen, McGregor, and Walter H. Mayo III, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees in No. 774.

Ernest Winsor and John F. Cogan, Jr., for appellee in No. 679 and appellant in No. 774.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is vacated and the cases are remanded to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to determine whether these cases have become moot.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE joins, concurring in the result.

The present appeals are from a single action commenced in the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts by Mrs. Richardson, challenging the validity of Mass. Gen. Laws Ann...

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