Rubie Rogers, and Cross-Appellants v. Robert Okin, M.D., and Cross-Appellees

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• noting that under Massachusetts law, principles of malpractice law rather than intentional tort theories such as assault and battery govern actions of doctors in state mental health facilities where doctors act in good faith
• noting balancing of state police power and parens patriae interests against patient’s constitutional rights
• “room must be left for responsible state officials to respond to exigencies that render totally impractical recourse to traditional forms of judicial process”
• “In so holding, we do not imply that the Constitution . . .”
• “[A] person has a constitutionally protected interest in being left free by the state to decide for himself whether to submit to the serious and potentially harmful med- ical treatment”
• \[A] person has a constitutionally protected interest in being left free by the state to decide for himself whether to submit to the serious and potentially harmful medical treatment that is represented by the administration of antipsychotic drugs.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).