Legal Opinion
Legion v. Richardson
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 16, 1973No. 72 Civ. 2576PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEWART, District Judge:
Plaintiffs have brought this class action allegedly on behalf of 1,000,000 mentally ill Americans confined in public mental institutions. Plaintiffs have been provided with pseudonyms. 1 Their actual identities are-unknown to the other parties in this action. The federal defendants include the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Regional Commissioner of Health, Education and Welfare and the Regional Commissioner of the United States Social Security Administration. The state defendants include the Governor of New York, the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jefferson v. HackneySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wyatt v. StickneyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1971
- Wyatt v. StickneyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1972
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Schweiker v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Woe v. CuomoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- White v. BealCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Doe v. ColauttiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- 3 soc.sec.rep.ser. 108, Medicare&medicaid Gu 33,413 State of Minnesota, by Its Commissioner of Public Welfare, Arthur E. Noot v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary, and the United States Department of Health and Human Services, State of Minnesota, by Its Commissioner of Public Welfare, Arthur E. Noot v. Margaret M. Heckler, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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