DOE v. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH


372 Mass. 534 (1977)

362 N.E.2d 920

JOHN DOE vs. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Rose for the plaintiff.

John F. Hurley, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The plaintiff John Doe (a fictitious name) brought this action under G.L.c. 249, § 5, and G.L.c. 231A, § 1, in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk seeking a court order to compel the defendants to allow him to inspect the psychiatric records of his daughter, Jane Doe, compiled while she was a voluntary inpatient at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center. At issue in this case is the construction to be given G.L.c. 123, &...

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