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ACTING SUPERINTENDENT OF BOURNEWOOD HOSPITAL v. BAKER

431 Mass. 101 (2000)

ACTING SUPERINTENDENT OF BOURNEWOOD HOSPITAL v. LYNDA BAKER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

March 22, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Fleischner (Leigh Mello with him) for the defendant.

Thomas H. Martin for the plaintiff.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Jennifer Honig & Frank Laski for Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee.

Lester D. Blumberg for Department of Mental Health.

James T. Hilliard & Jason R. Talerman for The Massachusetts Psychiatric Society, Inc., & another.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, & COWIN, JJ.

SPINA, J.

Lynda Baker appeals from the order for her civil commitment to Bournewood Hospital (hospital)1 pursuant to G. L. c. 123, §§ 7 and 8, and the order authorizing her treatment with antipsychotic medications pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 8B. Her main argument is that the District Court judge erred by denying her motion to dismiss, in which she claimed that the acting superintendent of the hospital lacked authority to...

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