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FALTER v. VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION

Civ. No. 79-2284.

502 F.Supp. 1178 (1980)

George FALTER et al., Plaintiffs, v. The VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

November 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley C. Van Ness, Trenton, N.J., New Jersey Public Advocate by William F. Culleton, Jr., Trenton, N.J., Asst. Deputy Public Advocate, Michael L. Perlin, Director New Jersey Public Advocate, Division of Mental Health Advocacy; Laura M. Le Winn, Deputy Director New Jersey Public Advocate, Division of Mental Health Advocacy, Trenton, N.J., Jay Centifani, Legal Asst., on brief, for plaintiffs.

William W. Robertson, U. S. Atty. by Anne C. Singer, Asst. U. S. Atty., Newark, N.J., Audley Hendricks, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Veterans' Administration, on brief, for defendants.

OPINION

HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This is a class action brought on behalf of all patients at the Veterans' Administration Medical Center at Lyons, New Jersey, (Lyons), and all former patients who may in the future be admitted or committed to Lyons. The plaintiffs contend that the Veterans' Administration (V.A.) is not running Lyons in a lawful manner. According to the complaint...

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