Legal Opinion
Acting Superintendent of Bournewood Hospital v. Baker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 22, 2000PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
Lynda Baker appeals from the order for her civil commitment to Bournewood Hospital (hospital)1 pursuant to G. L. c. 123, §§ 7 and 8, and the order authorizing her treatment with antipsychotic medications pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 8B. Her main argument is that the District Court judge erred by denying her motion to dismiss, in which she claimed that the acting superintendent of the hospital lacked authority to petition for her commitment and that the District Court lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter of the petitions because Baker was a “conditional voluntary”2 patient of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Schmidt v. LessardSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Lessard v. SchmidtDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1972
- Hanlon v. RollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Hoffman v. Howmedica, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Hashimi v. KalilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrunoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Dahill v. Police DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District Commonwealth v. RoberioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. VillalobosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Chief of Police of the City of Worcester v. HoldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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