# In the Matter of McKnight

> Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · March 6, 1990 · 406 Mass. 787

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9713211

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of Christopher David McKnight (And a Companion Case)
- **Court:** Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- **Decided:** March 6, 1990
- **Citations:** 406 Mass. 787; 550 N.E.2d 856; 1990 Mass. LEXIS 85
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Lynch
- **Judges:** Liacos, Wilkins, Nolan, Lynch, Greaney
- **Cited by:** 28 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating JRC and department had “settlement agreement concerning . . . authorization, by way of substituted judg ment, of the use of aversive procedures on clients at [JRC]”
- stating JRC and department had “settlement agreement concerning . . . authorization, by way of substituted judg *444 ment, of the use of aversive procedures on clients at [JRC]”

## Opinion text

Lynch, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result. I write separately, however, to reject any suggestion that the State Constitution may provide an affirmative entitlement to social welfare services not provided by the Federal Constitution. See DeShaney v. Winnebago County Dep’t of Social Servs., 109 S. Ct 998 (1989).

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