Legal Opinion
In Re Schmidt
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 4, 1981No. 23PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Justice.
Appellant, County of Allegheny, petitioned the Court of Common Pleas for the involuntary commitment of respondent, Joseph Schmidt, to an appropriate facility. Appellee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, intervened as a party-respondent and presented testimony to establish that the state-operated facility known as Western Center would not be an appropriate facility as required by the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). Act of October 20, 1966, Special Sess. No. 3, P.L. 96, § 406, 50 P.S. § 4406. The trial court concluded that…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Schmidt v. LessardSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Lessard v. SchmidtDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1972
- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc. v. RockefellerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1973
- Catherine Lake v. Dale C. Cameron, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- County of Allegheny v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Arnold v. Arizona Department of Health ServicesArizona Supreme Court · 1989
- Clark v. CohenDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1985
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