GARY W. v. STATE OF LA.

Civ. A. No. 74-2412.

437 F.Supp. 1209 (1976)

GARY W. et al. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

Supplemental Reasons for Order October 28, 1976.

Order with Respect to Children in Texas Institutions December 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Rittenberg, New Orleans, La., Steve Berzon, Daniel Yohalem, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Susan G. Daniel, Geneviene Holm, Thomas R. Sheran, Louis M. Thrasher, Washington, D. C., for intervenor.

Robert Funderburk, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., James P. Dore, Plaquemine, La., Chester E. Darnell, Houston, Tex., J. Carlisle DeHay, Jr., Dallas, Tex., Ronald K. Gurley, Louis M. Jones, New Orleans, La., Clarence F. Kendall, II, Houston, Tex., John Rienstra, Beaumont, Tex., James P. Screen, New Orleans, La., James J. Thornton, Jr., Shreveport, La., Cynthia Anne Wegmann, John D. Wogan, New Orleans, La., for defendants.


Supplemental Reasons for Court's Order October 28, 1976.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge.

This class action comprises as plaintiffs all mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, and other children from Louisiana who have been placed in Texas institutions either by direct action of the State of Louisiana or with financial support from the state. The plaintiffs contend that conditions in the Texas institutions violate...

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