Legal Opinion
WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. Poundstone
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 11, 1995No. Civ. A. 3195-NPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs in this ongoing class-action lawsuit first sued officials of the State of Alabama over 24-years ago, claiming that conditions at facilities operated by the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation violated residents’ rights under federal law. On January 22, 1993, the plaintiffs moved to enforce a 1986 consent decree and for further relief, claiming that defendant state officials had failed to comply with the 1986 decree and were violating the recently enacted Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C.A.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Ingraham v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. RomeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Freeman v. PittsSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Missouri v. JenkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- United States v. William R. Lambert, Lucille H. Lambert, and Richard Angel, Individually and D/B/A Southern Seafood Co. Of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Wyatt Ex Rel. Rawlins v. RogersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. RogersDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1997
- Wyatt v. PoundstoneDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1995
- Wyatt Ex Rel. Rawlins v. SawyerDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1999
- WYATT BY AND THROUGH RAWLINS v. RogersDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1996
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