Legal Opinion
Rubie Rogers v. Robert Okin, M.D., Etc., Rubie Rogers v. Robert Okin, M.D., Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 14, 1984No. 79-1648, 79-1649PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns the rights of involuntarily committed mentally ill patients in Massachusetts to refuse antipsychotic drugs. It has involved all court levels in the federal system and the highest court of Massachusetts.
On April 27, 1975, Rubie Rogers and six other plaintiffs, all present or former mental patients in the May and Austin Units of the Boston State Hospital, filed suit against various officials and staff members of the hospital. The plaintiffs sought injunctive and monetary relief from the defendants’ practices concerning the forcible medication and…
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