VEIGA v. McGEE

No. 92-1990.

26 F.3d 1206 (1994)

John VEIGA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. John McGEE, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deval L. Patrick, with whom Michael D. Ricciuti, Reginal C. Lindsay, and Hill & Barlow, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellant.

John P. Roache, with whom Hogan, Roache & Malone, Boston, MA, was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to determine the meaning of the term "disorderly" as used in the Massachusetts Alcoholism Treatment and Rehabilitation Act ("Chapter 111B"), generally known as the Protective Custody Law, Mass.Gen.L. ch. 111B, § 1 et seq., and whether the district court appropriately charged the jury as to the standard for determining if the conduct of appellant John Veiga ("Veiga...

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