Hashimi v. Kalil

How courts have described this case

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• concluding \[t]hat the statute imposes a restraint on liberty [] compels the conclusion that the time limit ... goes to the essence of the public duty\
• affirming reviewability of orders applicable for one year, especially where \appellate process may take longer than a year\
• time limit on hearing involving civil commitment “goes to the essence of the public duty”
• ‘“In construing a statute, words are to be accorded their ordinary meaning and approved usage”
• language of G. L. c. 123, § 7 [ c ], is mandatory and jurisdictional
• dismissal of petition for commitment required where there was violation of statutory right to hearing on petition within fourteen days absent consent to continuance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).