Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court March 13, 1997, No. 4 (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. v. Commissioner of Department of Mental Retardation)

Lynch, J.

This is an appeal from motions brought by “guardianship counsel” for patients at The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. (JRC),2 seeking to be appointed next friend3 and to intervene in Judge Rotenberg Educ. Ctr., Inc. v. Commissioner of the Dep’t of Mental Retardation (No. 1), ante 430 (1997).