Legal Opinion
Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 17, 1978No. Civ. A. 74-1345PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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I. Procedural History ...............1300
II. Parties.........................1300
III. Education, Training and Care (Habilitation) Afforded the Retarded at Pennhurst.....................1302
A. Staffing ....................1303
B. Habilitation at Pennhurst.......1304
C. Restraints at Pennhurst........1306
D. Deterioration and Abuse of the Residents at Pennhurst ........1308
E. Voluntariness ................1310
F. Community Services in the Five County Area.................1311
G. County Participation ..........1312
IV. The Merits ......................1313
A. Constitutional; Right to-…
2Cases cited61 opinions
- Ingraham v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Jackson v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by114 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
- Ruiz v. EstelleDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Brennan v. StewartCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Romeo v. YoungbergCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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