Halderman v. Pennhurst State School and Hospital

MEMORANDUM

RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.

In March 1981, the Honorable Helen O’Bannon, Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, made public allegations that the Special Master appointed by this Court was duplicating services being performed by the Commonwealth and County defendants in this litigation. Since it was never the Court’s intention that the Special Master’s Office should duplicate any services being performed by the defendants, the Court entered an Order (Order of August 26, 1981) that a hearing be held for the purpose of determining…