Legal Opinion
King v. Greenblatt
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 6, 1995No. 94-1751PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is the latest chapter in the institutional reform litigation brought in 1972 by plaintiff Mitchell King, then a civilly-committed patient of the Massachusetts Treatment Center for Sexually Dangerous Persons in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to correct allegedly unconstitutional practices by the Department of Correction (DOC) at the Treatment Center. The history of the litigation has been exhaustively covered: In re Pearson, 990 F.2d 653 (1st Cir.1993) (Pearson III), Pearson v. Fair, 935 F.2d 401 (1st Cir.1991) (Pearson II), Langton v. Johnston, 928 F.2d 1206…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County JailSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Carson v. American Brands, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- William Langton v. Philip Johnston, John Bruder, John Bruder v. Philip Johnston, John Bruder v. Philip JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- King v. GreenblattCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- King v. GreenblattDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1999
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