Legal Opinion
Donald Pearson v. Michael Fair, Donald Pearson v. Michael Fair
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 31, 1986No. 86-1463, 86-1473PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Per curiam
The seeds from which the instant litigation sprouted were sown some fourteen years ago, when Mitchell G. King, Jr. brought suit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against various officials of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. King v. Greenblatt, 489 F.Supp. 105 (D.Mass.). King, an individual confined at the so-called “Treatment Center” of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Bridgewater (MCIBridgewater) as a sexually dangerous person, see M.G.L. c. 123A, §§ 1-9, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to enjoin the administrators and staff of the Treatment…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Cia. Petrolera Caribe, Inc. v. Arco Caribbean, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Froude v. Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Frank B. James v. James G. WattCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- Patrick J. O'Shea v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Donna Reilly, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Gee v. EstesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- Scott Peckham v. Continental Casualty Insurance Co., Scott Peckham v. Continental Casualty Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- William Langton v. Philip Johnston, John Bruder, John Bruder v. Philip Johnston, John Bruder v. Philip JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Successor in Interest to New England Merchants Leasing Corporation, Etc. v. Ogden CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
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