Legal Opinion
Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 9, 1978No. Civ. A. 74-1345PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.
In an opinion filed on December 23, 1977, 446 F.Supp. 1295, this Court held that the constitutional and statutory rights of the retarded at Pennhurst State School and Hospital (“Pennhurst”) had been and are being violated. As set forth in our memorandum of March 17, 1978, which accompanied the Court’s Order in this case, some of the determinations made by the Court in its opinion were:
1. That when a state institutionalizes individuals because they are retarded, the United States Constitution (Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments) and the laws of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Constructors Association Of Western Pennsylvania v. KrepsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Evans v. BuchananDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1976
- Resident Advisory Board v. RizzoDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
- Philadelphia Council of NeighBorhood Organizations v. AdamsDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
3Cited by14 opinions
- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1985
- In Re Hotel Associates, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
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