Legal Opinion
Lelsz v. Kavanagh
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1987No. Nos. 85-2485, 86-1166PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
This saga began in 1974 when a class action was filed against officials of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (MHMR)1 alleging widespread abuses of mentally retarded patients and advocating their habilitation in the “least restrictive alternative” setting as a minimum standard of care. Simultaneously, a class represented by the same counsel were pursuing the same relief in Pennsylvania. The fortunes of the class in Texas waxed and have now waned according to the fate of the Pennsylvania litigation. Pennhurst State School v. Halder-man,…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. RomeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Susan and Reggie Griffith v. Marlin Johnston, Individually and as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Kozlowski v. CoughlinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Louis Kasper v. Board Of Election Commissioners Of The City Of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- James Wilburn Feagley v. Bill Waddill, Superintendent, Abilene State SchoolCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Kasper v. Board of Election CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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