Legal Opinion
Rubie Rogers, and Cross-Appellants v. Robert Okin, M.D., and Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 25, 1980No. 79-1648, 79-1649PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
These appeals are the latest stage in a lengthy and complex civil rights action concerning the practices at Massachusetts state mental health facilities. Plaintiffs are voluntary and involuntary psychiatric patients at Massachusetts state mental health facilities. Defendants are the state Commissioner of Mental Health and various hospital officials and physicians responsible for plaintiffs’ care. The full factual background and procedural history are set forth in the published opinion of the district court, Rogers v. Okin, 478 F.Supp. 1342 (D.Mass.1979), and will not be…
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