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TEMPLE v. MARLBOROUGH DIV. OF THE DIST. COURT DEPT.

395 Mass. 117 (1985)

479 N.E.2d 137

RICHARD W. TEMPLE vs. MARLBOROUGH DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT & others..

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

June 10, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Harty for the plaintiff.

Francis G. Chase, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Steven J. Schwartz & Robin L. Stolk, for Center for Public Representation & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

LYNCH, J.

Richard W. Temple brought suit in August, 1983, in Superior commitment in 1980 pursuant to court order under G.L.c. 123, § 12 (e) (1984 ed.), violated his rights under G.L.c. 123 (1984 ed.), 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), and the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. He alleges furthermore that certain events occurring at the hospital during his temporary commitment violated...

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