Legal Opinion
Durett v. Cohen
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 13, 1986No. Nos. 85-1572, 85-1603 and 85-1613PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
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In this case, all parties to an action brought under the federal civil rights laws, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 795, appeal aspects of the district court’s decision to award attorneys’ fees.
Paul Durett is a profoundly retarded man with cerebral palsy characterized by several physical disabilities. He has been evaluated as having a mental age of 2.5 months and an I.Q. of ten and is in need of total physical care. Durett cannot form the intent necessary to choose a state of residence.
Durett was born in New Jersey in 1946…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Prandini v. National Tea Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Institutionalized Juveniles v. Secretary of Public WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Edwin Maldonado v. Feather O. HoustounCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Black Grievance Committee v. Philadelphia Electric CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. WindallCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Fletcher v. O'DONNELLDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1990
- Jackson Ex Rel. Jackson v. Philadelphia Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
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