Legal Opinion
Mills v. Rogers
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 18, 1982No. 80-1417PublishedCited by 252 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
The Court granted certiorari in this case to determine whether involuntarily committed mental patients have a constitutional right to refuse treatment with antipsychotic drugs.
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This litigation began on April 27, 1975, when respondent Rubie Rogers and six other persons filed suit against various officials and staff of the May and Austin Units of the Boston State Hospital. The plaintiffs all were present or former mental patients at the institution. During their period of institutionalization all had been forced to accept unwanted treatment with antipsychotic drugs. Alleging that forcible…
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