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ROGERS v. OKIN

CA 75-1610-T.

478 F.Supp. 1342 (1979)

Rubie ROGERS, Willie Wadsworth, Donna Hunt, James Colleran, Harold Warner, Elizabeth Bybel, Able Bolden, for themselves and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Robert OKIN, M.D., Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Richard Kahn, M.D., William Malamud, M.D., David Seil, M.D., Michael Gill, M.D., Elliot Schildkrout, M.D., Sanford Pomerantz, M.D., Jean Turnquest, M.D., Allan Siegel, Eugene Cacciola, M.D., Brian Mazmanian, M.D., Michael Osborne, M.D., John Szlyk, M.D., William Kantar, M.D., John Goodman, M.D., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

October 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greater Boston Legal Services, Roxbury, Mass., Richard W. Cole, Robert Burdick, Mary Ashbury, and Shubow, Stahlin & Bergstresser, Inc., Clyde D. Bergstresser, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Marvin C. Guthrie, Needham, Mass., for guardian ad litem.

Powers & Hall, Douglas Danner, Spencer J. Dreischarf, Marcia Sneden, Boston, Mass., for defendants Drs. William Malamud, Brian Mazmanian, Eugene Cacciola, Jeffrey Goldbarg, John Goodman, Michael Osborne, Sanford Pomerantz and Jean Turnquest.

Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Stephen Schultz, Leah S. Crothers, Asst. Attys. Gen., Boston, Mass., for defendants Drs. Michael Gill, William Kantar, John Szlyk, Elliot Schildkrout, David Seil, Richard Kahn, William Malamud, Allan Siegel, Brian Mazmanian, Sanford Pomperantz, Jean Turnquest and Robert Okin.

Finnerty & Finnerty, John F. Finnerty, Jr., Boston, Mass., for Dr. Michael Gill.

Ficksman & Conley, David M. Gould, Boston, Mass., for Drs. John Szlyk, Richard Kahn and Allan Siegel.

Martin, MaGunson, McCarthy & Kenney, Charles Reidy, III, Raymond J. Kenney, Jr., Boston, Mass., for Drs. Elliot Schlidkrout, John Goodman, Jeffrey Goldbarg, Eugene Cacciola and Michael Osborne.

TAURO, District Judge.

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      I.     Introduction                                                       1352

      II.    Procedural Background                                              1353

      III.   The Parties                                                        1354

             A. Plaintiffs                                                      1354
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