Legal Opinion
Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 28, 1983No. Civ. A. 74-1345PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.
This case is a class-action brought in 1974 on behalf of retarded residents of Pennhurst State School and Hospital (“Pennhurst”), who alleged that the conditions of their confinement at Pennhurst violated their state statutory, federal statutory, and constitutional rights. In 1977, this Court, based on the evidence presented at a 32-day trial, set forth findings of fact and conclu sions of law and determined that the rights of the plaintiff class were being violated by the conditions of residence and treatment at Pennhurst (see 446 F.Supp. 1295,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School and HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
3Cited by4 opinions
- Walter Holland Oveston Cox Terry Jacobs Brian Taylor Walter Williams Mildeo Raghu J. James Roberson, Luther Gregg Wilhelmina Sherrod Lilli Smitherman, as Administratrix of the Estate of Richard Smitherman, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. New Jersey Department of Corrections, the Jack Terhune William Plantier Scott Faunce George Blaskewicz John Swal James Williams Frank Budd David Wianecki Louis Helmkin Arthur Fingerman Wayne Schultz Ronald Ensana Thomas Moran Michael Viggiano Paul Schuster Gregory Daukshaus, Lawrence Carpenter Patrick Arvonio Al Ortiz Joseph Butler Robert Miller Herbert Bowlby Michael Devine Dominick Conte Barry Parks Raymond Conover David Tilbury Anthony Porto Robert Stephens James Lutz Frederick Valusek Carolyn Abboa-Offei Lydell Sheerer Christopher Norelli George Kennybrook Individually and in Their Capacities as Employees and Agents of the New Jersey Department of Corrections State Law Enforcement Conference of the New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association New Jersey Law Enforcement Supervisors Association, Primary Level Supervisory Law Enforcement Unit New Jersey Superior Officer's Law Enforcement Association Captains Unit Internal Affairs Investigators Association, Internal Affairs Investigators Unit, as Necessary Parties Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 19(a) James Lutz v. Luther Gregg Usa, Lilli Smitherman, in Her Capacity as of the Estate of Richard Smitherman Walter Holland Oveston Cox Brian Taylor Terry Jacobs Walter Williams Intervenor-Plaintiffs v. State of New Jersey New Jersey Department of Corrections Jack Terhune, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Corrections State Law Enforcement Conference of the New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association New Jersey Law Enforcement Supervisors Association, Primary Level Supervisory Law Enforcement Unit New Jersey Superior Officers Law Enforcement Association, Superior Officers Law Enforcement Unit New Jersey Superior Officers Law Enforcement Association, Captain Unit Internal Affairs Investigators Association, Internal Affairs Investigators Unit Usa, Lena Haskins, on Behalf of Herself and All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Intervenor-Plaintiffs v. New Jersey Department of Corrections, TheCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Holland v. New Jersey Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Appeal of Pennhurst State School and HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Halderman (Terri Lee) v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983