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HALDERMAN v. PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL

Civ. A. No. 74-1345.

533 F.Supp. 649 (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.

January 26, 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 and Alan Warshaw, Deputy Attys. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for the Commonwealth of Pa.

Thomas Gilhool, Public Interest Law Center, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pa. Ass'n for Retarded Citizens.

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

Pamela P. Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennhurst Parents Ass'n.

Adjor A. Burrow, Civ. Rights Div., Main Justice, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., 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 (DPW) and its secretary, the Honorable Helen O'Bannon, (hereinafter Commonwealth defendants) in contempt of court. Contempt proceedings against the Commonwealth defendants were initiated by plaintiffs, who filed a petition for a finding of contempt and levy of civil fine against the Commonwealth defendants...

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