Legal Opinion
Nelson v. Thornburgh
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 12, 1983No. Civ. A. 81-5115PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Martin Nelson, Paula Buntele and Thomas Mobley are income maintenance workers (“IMWs”) employed by the Department of Public Welfare (“DPW”) of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and assigned to neighborhood offices of the Philadelphia County Board of Assistance (“PCBA”). Defendants, all sued in their official capacities, are Governor Richard Thornburgh, Secretary of Welfare Helen O’Bannon and PCBA Executive Director Dan Jose Stovall. 1
Plaintiffs are blind. Because their job entails extensive paperwork, they are unable to perform their duties…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Quern v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- University of Texas v. CamenischSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Kathleen Borkowski v. Valley Central School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Jayne G. Nathanson v. The Medical College of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Cook v. Rhode Island, Department of Mental Health, Retardation, & HospitalsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Skaggs v. Elk Run Coal Co., Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
- Goebel v. Colorado Department of InstitutionsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
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