Legal Opinion
Clark v. Cohen
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 26, 1986No. 85-1452PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:
Walter S. Cohen, Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare of Pennsylvania, Jennifer L. Howse, Deputy Secretary for Mental Retardation of that Department, Russell G. Rice, Jr., Commissioner of Mental Retardation, Southeast Region of that Department, and S. Reeves Power, Superintendent of Laurelton Center (the Commonwealth defendants) appeal from an injunction entered by the district court on June 21, 1985, directing that they release the plaintiff, Carolyn Clark, from Laurel-ton Center and pay for a program of services for Clark outside that…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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