Legal Opinion
Daniel B. v. O'BANNON
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 12, 1986No. Civ. A. 79-4088PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
SHAPIRO, District Judge.
Plaintiffs brought this action on behalf of a class of mentally retarded individuals who were institutionalized at Woodhaven Center (“Woodhaven”), an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded operated by Temple University under contract with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and had been recommended for discharge to less restrictive community living arrangements (“CLAs”) but had not yet been discharged. 1 Plaintiffs brought this action under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Jurisdiction is conferred by…
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