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Newton-Wellesley Hospital v. Magrini

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided July 10, 2008PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.

This appeal involves the scope of the statutory right to an emergency hearing afforded under G. L. c. 123, § 12 (b), in connection with the temporary involuntary commitment of a person with mental illness. Robert Magrini, who has a schizoaffective disorder, was involuntarily restrained and temporarily committed, pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 12 (a) and (b), to a psychiatric unit of Newton-Wellesley Hospital (hospital) despite an order discharging him from that unit. Magrini previously had been restrained and temporarily committed to a psychiatric unit of the hospital, and had obtained a court…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Lessard v. SchmidtDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1972
  2. Sullivan v. Town of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  3. Superintendent of Worcester State Hospital v. HagbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  4. Acting Superintendent of Bournewood Hospital v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
  5. Wolfe v. GormallyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004

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