Legal Opinion
Wyatt by and Through Rawlins v. Horsley
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided May 2, 1991No. Civ. A. 3195-NPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
This long-standing class action, originally filed in 1970 by patients under the care and custody of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, is now before the court on the plaintiffs’ and defendants’ joint request for approval and entry of two consent decrees. These decrees propose to modify several of the court’s previous orders that require the defendants to comply with certain minimum constitutional standards for adequate care of the mentally ill, commonly referred to as the “Wyatt standards” for the mentally ill. See Wyatt v.…
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Austin v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1995
- WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. RogersDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1997
- Wyatt v. PoundstoneDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1995
- Wyatt Ex Rel. Rawlins v. SawyerDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1999
- WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. KingDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1992
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