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GARY W. v. STATE OF LA.

No. 78-3267. Summary Calendar.

601 F.2d 240 (1979)

GARY W. et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, etc., et al., Defendants, Dr. William Cherry, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmack M. Blackmon, Thomas S. Halligan, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for defendant-appellant.

Daniel Yohalem, Washington, D. C., Marian Wright Edelman, William E. Rittenberg, New Orleans, La., Jessica Dunsay Silver, Atty., Drew S. Days, III, Cynthia L. Attwood, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CLARK, HILL and FAY, Circuit Judges.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the State of Louisiana's compliance with a 1976 court order protecting the rights of all mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, and other children from Louisiana who had been placed in Texas institutions either by direct action of the State of Louisiana or with financial support from the state. In an excellent opinion, then District Judge Rubin analyzes the scope of the constitutional and statutory rights of these...

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