Legal Opinion
Williams v. Wasserman
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 31, 1996No. Civil CCB-94-880PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BLAKE, District Judge.
Now pending is the defendants’ motion for summary judgment in this case. Oral argument was heard July 19, 1996. For the reasons discussed at the hearing and briefly set forth below, the motion will be denied.
The named and representative plaintiffs in this case are or have been residents of State institutions. Nine are described as “traumatically brain injured” (“TBI”); three are described as “non-retarded but developmentally disabled” (“NRDD”). They bring claims under the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and…
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