Legal Opinion
In Re: Sauers.
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 30, 1982No. Appeal, 66 C.D. 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
This is an appeal by the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County requiring the DPW to allocate funds to the Allegheny County Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program (County) for the placement of a mentally retarded person, April Sauers, in a community-based residence.
In 1979, April Sauers was committed to an institution for the mentally retarded pending the County’s development of a community-based residential program which would provide a setting more appropriate for her needs. In March of 1980, the proposed…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mechanicsburg Area School District v. KlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- In Re SchmidtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Demetriou v. CarlinCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Mechanicsburg Area School District v. KlineCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
3Cited by10 opinions
- Clark v. CohenDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1985
- Bahian v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Alessi ex rel. Alessi v. Pennsylvania, Department of Public WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Alessi v. Commonwealth Of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- In Re EmeryCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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