ECKERHART v. HENSLEY

No. 75 CV 87 C.

475 F.Supp. 908 (1979)

Thomas ECKERHART et al., Plaintiffs, v. C. Duane HENSLEY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Missouri, C. D.

August 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart R. Berkowitz, Michael U. Bastian, Legal Aid Society of St. Louis, Ronald L. Carlson, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiffs.

Wm. F. Arnet, Michael Boicourt, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for defendants.


OPINION

ELMO B. HUNTER, District Judge.

This is an action in which plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief regarding treatment and conditions at Fulton State Hospital, Fulton, Missouri. This case was certified as a class action under F.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(2) on September 16, 1977. Plaintiffs represent "all patients involuntarily confined to the Forensic Unit, Fulton State Hospital, on such date as any judgment may be rendered herein disposing of all...

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