Legal Opinion
Meisel v. Kremens
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 9, 1978No. Civ. A. No. 74-1594PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge,
Sitting by Designation.
This case was initiated by the filing of a complaint on June 24, 1974, challenging the constitutionality of the former § 419(b) of the Mental Health and Retardation Act of 1966, 50 P.S. § 4419(b).1 That provision, which allowed summary revocation of leaves of absences granted to patients of state mental health facilities, was found to be violative of plaintiff’s due process rights as secured by the Fourteenth Amendment. Consequently, I held that plaintiff, on behalf of himself and all others similarly…
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- Rodriguez v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Mitchell G. King, Jr. v. Milton GreenblattCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Rybicki v. State Bd. of Elections of State of Ill.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
- Vecchione v. WohlgemuthDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
- Wilkinson v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1982
- Aamco Automatic Transmissions, Inc. v. TayloeDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
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