Legal Opinion
Welsch v. Gardebring
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided August 26, 1987No. Civ. 4-72-451PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DOTY, District Judge.
This action was commenced in 1972 by six mentally retarded residents of Minnesota state hospitals against the Commissioner of Public Welfare 1 of the State of Minnesota and the administrators of six of the Minnesota state hospitals providing services for persons with mental retardation. The plaintiffs claimed that their rights under the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution were abridged because they were not receiving a minimal level of care and because they were committed to state institutions rather than being provided…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by5 opinions
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