Legal Opinion
In Re Emery
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 3, 1991No. Docket 2126 C.D. 1989PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CRUMLISH, Jr., Senior Judge.
Again, this court is confronted with a dispute arising from the funding and placement provisions established pursuant to the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966 (Act), 1 which have for some time proved unsatisfactory. 2
In this case, William Emery (Emery) and six others similarly situated, appeal a Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court order granting the preliminary objections of the Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare (Department) and dismissing the petition of the Philadelphia County Office of Mental Health and Mental Retardation…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- In Re SchmidtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- ROSS v. KEITTCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Keitt v. RossCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare v. Court of Common PleasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. School District of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. School District of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Murray v. Haggerty, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County2006
- Devereux Hospital Texas Treatment Network v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
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