Legal Opinion
Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 20, 1981No. 79-1404PublishedCited by 1,653 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
At issue in these cases is the scope and meaning of the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 1975, 89 Stat. 486, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 6000 et seq. (1976 ed. and Supp. III). The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the Act created substantive rights in favor of the mentally retarded, that those rights were judicially enforceable, and that conditions at the Pennhurst State School and Hospital (Pennhurst), a facility for the care and treatment of the mentally retarded, violated those rights. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the decision of the…
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