| Docket # | SJC-11057 |
| Date | May 8, 2012 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, Duffly, Lenk, JJ.
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| Summary | Imprisonment, Segregated confinement, Reclassification hearing. Due process of law, Prison classification proceedings. Constitutional law, Imprisonment. Governmental immunity. |
| Appealed From | Essex Superior Court, Justice Thomas R. Murtagh |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Commissioner of Correction: William D. Saltzman |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | LaChance: Bonita Tenneriello, James Pingeon |
| Amici Curiae | American Civil Liberties Union; American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |