Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare v. Court of Common Pleas
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 18, 1984No. 117 E.D. Misc. Dkt. 1984PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McDermott, Justice.
The Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare (Department) has petitioned this Court for a writ of prohibition in order to preclude the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia from ruling on the propriety of the transfer of mental*413ly retarded patients from one facility to another. The Commonwealth has further requested that this Court assume plenary jurisdiction of the underlying controversy, and that we review the decision of the Commonwealth Court denying the application for a stay.
The proposed transfer involves 86 patients who were involuntarily committed by the…
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