Legal Opinion
Philadelphia Police & Fire Ass'n for Handicapped Children, Inc. v. City of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 8, 1989No. Nos. 88-1883, 88-1909 and 89-1116PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Chief Judge:
The City of Philadelphia and its mental retardation officials, Health Commissioner Maurice Clifford and Mental Health/Mental Retardation Administrator Robert Glover, (collectively “Philadelphia”), and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its Secretary of Public Welfare, John F. White, Jr., and his Deputy Secretary for Retardation, Steven Eidelman, (collectively “the Commonwealth”) appeal from a district court order enjoining them to maintain services to mentally retarded individuals who live at home at fiscal year 1988 levels. We conclude that the…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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3Cited by74 opinions
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