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· 4/19/1988

O'SULLIVAN v. Secretary of Human Services

Citations

  • 521 N.E.2d 997
  • 402 Mass. 190

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • reaching merits of case, despite mootness of named plaintiffs, because defendants did not argue mootness and because counsel \apparently [were] prepared to pursue this action on behalf of [a substitute plaintiff]\
  • deprivation of plaintiffs’ statutory rights would lead to violation of their persons which could not be remedied retroactively
  • statutory language, when clear and unambiguous, must be given its ordinary meaning

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Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Nolan, Lynch

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