Legal Opinion
M.J. v. BRIDGEWATER STATE HOSPITAL (And a Consolidated Case)
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 7, 2025No. 23-P-732Published
1Opinion of the Court
APPEALS COURT
M.J. vs. BRIDGEWATER STATE HOSPITAL (and a consolidated case[1])
Docket:
23-P-732
Dates:
September 17, 2024 – March 7, 2025
Present:
Shin, Ditkoff, & Brennan, JJ.
County:
Plymouth
Keywords:
Practice, Civil, Civil commitment, Commitment of mentally ill person. Incompetent Person, Commitment. Due Process of Law, Commitment, Competency to stand trial. Statute, Construction.
Petition filed in the Superior Court Department on November 14, 2022.
The case was heard by Daniel J. O'Shea, J.
Indictments found and returned in the Superior Court Department on March 16, 2022.
A petition for commitment was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sullivan v. Town of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Millennium Equity Holdings, LLC v. MahlowitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Casseus v. E. Bus Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Crenshaw v. MacklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Martin v. Simmons Properties, LLCMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
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