Legal Opinion
WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. King
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided January 12, 1993No. Civ. A. 3195-NPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
The Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation System currently operates under a consent decree entered by this court on September 22, 1986. In the 1986 decree, the defendants — who consist of various state officials — agreed to reinforce their efforts to bring conditions at state mental health and mental retardation facilities into compliance with minimum standards established by the court in 1972. Six years later, in 1992, the court rejected an effort by the defendants to eliminate several provisions in the 1986 decree, including the 1972…
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3Cited by8 opinions
- R.C. Ex Rel. Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program v. NachmanDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1997
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