Legal Opinion
O'SULLIVAN v. Secretary of Human Services
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 19, 1988PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief brought by two patients at Bridgewater State Hospital (Bridgewater) against various State officials, alleging violations of G. L. c. 123, § 21 (1986 ed.). The plaintiffs sought, inter alia, a preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining the defendants from continuing certain seclusion and restraint practices in violation of c. 123, § 21.
On July 31, 1987, a judge in the Superior Court found that the plaintiffs were entitled to injunctive relief. He deferred entry of a preliminary injunction, however, to allow for completion of a plan…
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