· 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
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- 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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