Goldhaber v. Foley

OPINION

BROTMAN, * District Judge.

In recent years the courts have frequently been thrust into the unenviable position of overseeing various governmental institutions — for example, school systems, mental hospitals, and prisons — in order to prevent or redress deprivations of constitutional and statutory rights. These cases raise troublesome questions regarding the role of courts in our society and the competency of judges to render appropriate relief. The instant case presents an interesting variation on this theme; here we are asked to resolve a dispute regarding the administration of an…