Legal Opinion
King v. Greenblatt
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 7, 1998No. Nos. 95-1812, 97-1278, 95-1813, 96-1649, 97-1021 and 97-1057PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This opinion is a continuation of King v. Greenblatt (“King II”), 127 F.3d 190 (1st Cir.1997), which is the latest judicial discussion in a group of eases dating back to 1972, concerning a resident population of civilly committed sexually dangerous persons in the Treatment Center at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute in Bridgewater, Massachusetts (Center). A reference to prior cases is contained in the opinion just cited. Our present review concerns the proposed modifications, granted by the district court, of two longstanding consent decrees, the Original…
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- Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County JailSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Steven M. Desrosiers v. John J. MoranCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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