HALDERMAN v. PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL

Civ. A. No. 74-1345.

533 F.Supp. 641 (1982)

Terri Lee HALDERMAN et al., Plaintiffs, v. PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL et al., Defendants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

On Motion To Purge Contempt January 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Ferleger, Philadelphia, Pa., for Terri Lee Halderman.

Thomas M. Kittredge, Philadelphia, Pa., for Bucks, Chester and Delaware Counties.

Robert B. Hoffman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Gilhool, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens.

Herbert B. Newberg, Philadelphia, Pa., for David Ferleger, Esq.

Pamela P. Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennhurst Parents Association.

R. Stephen Barrett, Asst. County Sol., Norristown, Pa., for Montgomery County.

Marc H. Myers, Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for Philadelphia County.


MEMORANDUM

RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.

On August 25, 1981 this Court found defendants Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and its Secretary, the Honorable Helen O'Bannon in contempt of this Court's Orders of June 4, 1981 and July 14, 1981 and entered that same day an Order requiring them to pay into the Registry of this Court a compensatory, coercive civil contempt fine of $10...

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