Legal Opinion
Bartley v. Kremens
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 15, 1975No. Civ. A. 72-2272PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
HUYETT, District Judge.
Plaintiffs have filed this class action1 on behalf of the named plaintiffs and all persons eighteen years of age or younger who have been, are, or may be admitted or committed to mental health facilities in Pennsylvania under the Pennsylvania Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act (Act). 50 P.S. §§ 4402 and 4403 (§§ 402 and 403).2 Invoking 28 U. *1042S.C. § 1331 and 1343(3) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiffs ask us to declare §§ 402 and 403 unconstitutional and to enjoin their enforcement.3
Plaintiffs contend that in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Parham v. J. R.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Kremens v. BartleySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- In Re StephensonIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- Institutionalized Juveniles v. Secretary of Public WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- In Re BeverlySupreme Court of Florida · 1977
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