Legal Opinion
Thomas S. Ex Rel. Brooks v. Morrow
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided September 18, 1984No. C-C-82-418-MPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
McMILLAN, District Judge.
I
Paul Caldwell, next friend of plaintiff Thomas S., filed this suit on July 7, 1982, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief for Thomas S. under federal and state law. Paul Caldwell later became employed by defendants, and Joyce Brooks now serves as next friend.
Thomas S., a twenty-year-old Gaston County resident, has been diagnosed as suffering from, inter alia, schizophrenia and borderline mental retardation, and is incapable of either living independently or managing his own affairs. Given up for adoption at birth, Tom spent his first eighteen years in…
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- Bishop v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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