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GOODMAN v. PARWATIKAR

No. 77-1505.

570 F.2d 801 (1978)

Mortimer GOODMAN, Guardian of the person and Estate of Rachel Goodman (an incompetent), Individually, and as a member of a class of mental patients who are presently hospitalized and have been hospitalized in the St. Louis State Hospital for mental treatment, Appellant, v. Dr. Sadashiv D. PARWATIKAR, Individually, and as Acting Superintendent of St. Louis State Hospital, Mary H. Sandall, Individually, and as Clinical Director of St. Louis State Hospital and the St. Louis State Hospital, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Gilden, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Daniel P. Card, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees; John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., on the brief.

Before ROSS, STEPHENSON and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by Mortimer Goodman, as guardian of the person and estate of Rachel Goodman, individually and as a class representative of all mental patients in the St. Louis State Hospital.1 Plaintiff is seeking injunctive and monetary relief. In Count I of this section 1983 action plaintiff contends that Rachel Goodman received constitutionally inadequate medical treatment. Count II is based on the allegation...

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