Case Name: COLE, BOSTON STATE HOSPITAL SUPERINTENDENT, et al. v. RICHARDSON
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1970-03-16
Citations: 397 U.S. 238
Docket Number: No. 679
Parties: COLE, BOSTON STATE HOSPITAL SUPERINTENDENT, et al. v. RICHARDSON
Judges: with whom The Chief Justice joins,
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 397
Pages: 238–243

Head Matter:
COLE, BOSTON STATE HOSPITAL SUPERINTENDENT, et al. v. RICHARDSON
No. 679.
Decided March 16, 1970
Robert H. Quinn, Attorney General of Massachusetts, Mark L. Cohen, Assistant Attorney General, and Gregor I. McGregor, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for appellants in No. 679. Messrs. Quinn, Cohen, McGregor, and Walter H. Mayo III, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees in No. 774.
Ernest Winsor and John F. Cogan, Jr., for appellee in No. 679 and appellant in No. 774.
Together with No. 774, Richardson v. Cole, Boston State Hospital Superintendent, et al., also on appeal from the same court.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The judgment is vacated and the cases are remanded to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to determine whether these cases have become moot.