Legal Opinion
Woe v. Mathews
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 16, 1976No. 75 C 1029PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEAHER, District Judge.
This individual and class action concerns the constitutionality of federal and New York State statutes and State practices affecting persons civilly committed to involuntary confinement in State mental institutions. Since the inception of the action plaintiffs have filed one amended complaint and have sought leave to amend the complaint to add new individual and classes of defendants, new classes of plaintiffs and new claims for relief, and defendants have filed motions to dismiss. In order to keep the myriad claims and potential parties as distinct…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sosna v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Woe v. CuomoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Santiago v. City of PhiladelphiaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- 3 soc.sec.rep.ser. 108, Medicare&medicaid Gu 33,413 State of Minnesota, by Its Commissioner of Public Welfare, Arthur E. Noot v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary, and the United States Department of Health and Human Services, State of Minnesota, by Its Commissioner of Public Welfare, Arthur E. Noot v. Margaret M. Heckler, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Minnesota v. HecklerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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