Legal Opinion
King v. Greenblatt
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 10, 1997No. Nos. 95-1812, 97-1278, 95-1813, 96-1649, 97-1021 and 97-1057PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of consent decrees entered in two institutional reform litigations, King v. Greenblatt and Williams v. Lesiak, and implicates Supreme Court caselaw addressing the circumstances under which such decrees may be modified. See Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail, 502 U.S. 367, 112 S.Ct. 748, 116 L.Ed.2d 867 (1992). In 1972 then civilly committed patients of the Massachusetts Treatment Center for Sexually Dangerous Persons (“Center”) brought constitutional challenges to the conditions of confinement and the adequacy of treatment at the Center.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County JailSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- William Langton v. Philip Johnston, John Bruder, John Bruder v. Philip Johnston, John Bruder v. Philip JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Ensley Branch, N.A.A.C.P. Donald Nixon William Moss Alvin Mahaffey, Jr., Birmingham Fire Fighters Association 117 Birmingham Association of City Employees, Intervenors v. George Seibels, Individually and as Mayor of the City of Birmingham, John W. Martin Major Florence Ida McGruder Sam Coar, Birmingham Fire Fighters Association 117 Birmingham Association of City Employees Billy Gray, Intervenors v. City of Birmingham George C. Seibels, Jr. Mayor of Birmingham Jefferson County Personnel Board, United States of America, Birmingham Fire Fighters Association 117, Intervenors, Robert K. Wilks James A. Bennett Floyd E. Click James D. Morgan Joel Alan Day, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants v. Jefferson County, City of Birmingham and George G. SeibelsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- In Re Donald PearsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Donald Pearson v. Michael Fair, Donald Pearson v. Michael FairCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by6 opinions
- King v. GreenblattCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
- King v. GreenblattDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1999
- Mitchell G. King v. Milton Greenblatt, M.D., Commission of the Department of Mental Health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Class of 48 + 1 and Donald Pearson, Harold G. Williams, M.D., Commission of the Department of Mental Health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Michael Lesiak, Norman Knight, Harold G. Williams v. Michael Lesiak, Sherman Miller, Patton Flannery, David M. Martel, Edward Nadeau, Michael Woodward, Edward Gallagher, James Leblanc and Philip Pizzo, Mitchell G. King v. Milton Greenblatt, M.D., Commission of the Department of Mental Health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Class of 48 + 1 and Donald Pearson and Sherman Miller, Harold G. Williams v. Michael Lesiak, Sherman Miller, David M. Martel, Edward Nadeau, Michael Woodward, Edward Gallagher and James LeblancCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Aronov v. ChertoffCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
- Aronov v. NapolitanoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
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