Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital

MEMORANDUM

BRODERICK, District Judge.

In the Court’s Memorandum of April 5, 1985 approving the settlement of this class action and the entry of a consent decree, it was optimistically declared that “The concluding chapter of this litigation is at hand.” It was therefore with great regret that on March 28, 1994 the Court was required to find, after a hearing, that defendants Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“Commonwealth”) and the County of Philadelphia (“Philadelphia”) were blatantly failing to provide Pennhurst class members from Philadelphia with minimally adequate habilitation and protection…