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JENKINS v. COWLEY

No. CA 3-74-394-C.

384 F.Supp. 441 (1974)

Robert A. JENKINS, By and Through his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Jenkins, and Ralph Eugene Springer, By and Through his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Springer, jointly and severally and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Luis M. COWLEY, M. D., Individually and as Superintendent of Terrell State Hospital and his successors in office, et al.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

September 17, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aglaia Mauzy F. Burns Vick, Jr., Frank Stenger, Dallas Legal Services Foundation, Inc., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., of Tex., Larry F. York, David W. Pace, Roland H. Allen, M. Lynn Taylor, Asst. Attys., Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants.

OPINION

WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, Jr., Chief Judge.

The plight of the mentally disabled is among the saddest and most alarming problems facing our society, and too little is done to alleviate the effects of the problem. Traditionally we have relegated persons suffering from mental disabilities to deplorable institutions that have been inadequately staffed, improperly managed, and have little regard for the constitutional

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