Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1977-11-28

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Liacos, J. On April 26,1976, William E. Jones, superintendent of the Belchertown State School (a facility of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health), and Paul R. Rogers, a staff attorney at the school, petitioned the Probate Court for Hampshire County for the appointment of a guardian of Joseph Saikewicz, a resident of the Stat…

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