Thompson v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• determining the standard of proof under § 9 [b] where the petition is made between required annual reviews
• in evaluating due process claim court will consider, inter alia, the risk of erroneous deprivation of the individual’s interests
• petition for recommitment of mentally ill and dangerous persons under G. L. c. 123, §§ 8 [d], 15 [e]
• where patient sought transfer to less secure mental health facility pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 9 [b\\, that patient bore burden of proof by a preponderance of evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nguyen v. STATE HEALTH MED. QUALITY ASSUR.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-08-23· cited 143×
• Nguyen v. Department of Health
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-08-23· cited 137×
• Department of Youth Services v. a Juvenile
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-11-04· cited 117×
• Haddad v. Gonzalez
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-08-12· cited 104×
• Commonwealth v. O'CONNOR
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-11-20· cited 97×
• McCabe v. Life-Line Ambulance Service, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1996-02-29· cited 81×
• Anthony Jackson v. Michael Fair
  First Circuit· 1988-05-16· cited 75×
• Care & Protection of Robert
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-16· cited 69×
• Mendonza v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-11-14· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Barboza
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-08-05· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Del Verde
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-08-21· cited 39×
• Paquette v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-09-09· cited 36×
• Ongom v. Dept. of Health
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-12-14· cited 34×
• Ongom v. Department of Health
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-12-14· cited 32×
• In re Angela
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-08-31· cited 15×
• Sheridan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-05-30· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Ronald R.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-12-13· cited 14×
• Bairstow v. Sullivan (In Re Sullivan)
  D. Massachusetts· 1996-07-23· cited 12×
• L.B. v. Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court Department
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-05-04· cited 12×
• Pembroke Hospital v. D.L.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-05-23· cited 12×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Addington v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-30· cited 3,004×
• Jackson v. Indiana
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-07· cited 1,284×
• O'Connor v. Donaldson
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-26· cited 1,231×
• Parham v. J. R.
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-20· cited 1,078×
• McNeil v. Director, Patuxent Institution
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-19· cited 180×
• Andrews
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-08-13· cited 101×
• State v. Fields
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1978-07-31· cited 92×
• Superintendent of Worcester State Hospital v. Hagberg
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-01-20· cited 89×
• Suzuki v. Quisenberry
  D. Hawaii· 1976-02-24· cited 80×
• State Ex Rel. Hawks v. Lazaro
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1974-01-15· cited 75×
• Commonwealth v. Nassar
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-06-20· cited 59×
• Fasulo v. Arafeh
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-09-20· cited 57×
• Sullivan v. Quinlivan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-02-24· cited 16×
• Avey v. Boslow
  Supreme Court· 1966-11-07· cited 6×