Legal Opinion
Bane v. Superintendent of Boston State Hospital
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 28, 1966PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
The prayer in this petition for a writ of mandamus is that the respondent superintendent of the Boston State Hospital be commanded to permit the petitioner to examine, and to obtain copies of, the records of the petitioner’s involuntary “admission and detention” at that hospital in 1963. The petitioner appealed from a denial of the petition.
The Boston State Hospital is under the control of the Department of Mental Health. G. L. c. 19, § 5. Its records are subject to G. L. c. Ill, § 70. The petitioner relies upon § 70, as amended by St. 1945, c. 291. That statute in its present form, however,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Field v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Sears v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
3Cited by5 opinions
- Schwab v. AriyoshiHawaii Supreme Court · 1977
- Gotkin v. MillerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1974
- Bernard Bane v. John R. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968
- Bednar v. KingSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1970
- Shikara v. Commissioner of Mental HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967