HALDERMAN v. PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL

Civ. A. No. 74-1345.

533 F.Supp. 661 (1982)

Terri Lee HALDERMAN et al., Plaintiffs, v. PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL et al., Defendants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

February 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Ferleger, Philadelphia, Pa., for P. M.

Steven M. Coren, Philadelphia, Pa., for P. M.'s parents.


MEMORANDUM

RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.

Pursuant to this Court's Order of January 5, 1982, a hearing was held on February 12, 1982 to consider exceptions filed by W. M. and B. M., the parents of P. M., a minor, and Chester County to the Report of the Hearing Master concerning the community placement of P. M.

P. M., a 12-year-old boy classified as profoundly mentally retarded, is four feet tall, 65 pounds. He was committed to Pennhurst in...

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