Legal Opinion
Welsch v. Likins
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided February 15, 1974No. 4-72-Civ. 451PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, District Judge.
MEMORANDUM
Six mentally retarded residents of the Minnesota State Hospitals bring this action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief regarding treatment and conditions in six State-owned hospitals and alternatives to placement in these institutions.
Ranging in ages from 18 to 33 years-old and in degree of retardation from moderate to severe, the plaintiffs have been involuntarily (judicially) committed to the care and custody of the defendant Commissioner of Public Welfare. 1 They seek to represent a class composed of themselves and all other mentally retarded persons…
2Cases cited76 opinions
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- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by82 opinions
- Lynch v. BaxleyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1974
- State v. KrolSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1975
- Pearl Spence, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Jerome W. Spence, Deceased v. Henry D. StarasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- People v. FeagleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- Kenneth Donaldson v. J. B. O'connor, M.D. And John Gumanis, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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