Donald DIXON et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, M. D. Pennsylvania.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 30, 1971.
Consent Decree April 22, 1971.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Henry W. Sawyer, III, Philadelphia, Pa., amicus curiae.
Marvin Comisky, Philadelphia, Pa., James C. McCreight, Washington, Pa., Joseph F. Gallagher, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., guardians ad litem for plaintiffs.
Richard L. Bazelon, Professor Curtis R. Reitz, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pa., James F. McClure, McClure & McClure, Lewisburg, Pa., for plaintiffs.
Jacques H. Fox, Media, Pa., Joseph P. Work, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.
Before BIGGS, Circuit Judge, and SHERIDAN and NEALON, District Judges.
United States District Court, M. D. Pennsylvania.
OPINION
BIGGS, Circuit Judge.
As appears from our opinion in Dixon v. Attorney General of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 313 F.Supp. 653 (M.D. Pa.1970), the proceeding at bar is a class suit brought by the seven named plaintiffs, individually and on behalf of all inhabitants of Farview State Hospital (Farview) situated like unto them. The complaint,1 filed July 25, 1969, alleges the unconstitutionality...
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