Legal Opinion
Halderman v. Pennhurst State School and Hospital
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 21, 1978No. Civ. A. 74-1345PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.
In an opinion dated December 23, 1977, this Court held that the constitutional and statutory rights of the retarded at Pennhurst State School and Hospital (“Pennhurst”) had been, and are being, violated. In an order dated March 17,1978, the Court entered a judgment order mandating the appropriate relief. On April 11, 1978, the Philadelphia Defendants filed a notice of appeal. Two days later, April 13,1978, the Pennhurst Parents-Staff Association filed a motion to intervene and a motion to dispense with the five-day notice requirement of Local…
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- Hoots v. Commonwealth Of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by3 opinions
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