TIDWELL v. SCHWEIKER

Nos. 81-1402, 81-1654.

677 F.2d 560 (1982)

Robert TIDWELL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Richard SCHWEIKER, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Ivan Pavkovic, etc., Defendant-Appellant. Robert SCHRECKENBERG, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Ivan Pavkovic, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1982.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing October 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Rosen, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Fay Clayton, Sachnoff, Schrager, Jones, Weaver & Rubenstein, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc October 4, 1982.

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

In 1973 plaintiff-appellee Robert Tidwell, for himself and on behalf of a class similarly situated, filed a complaint against the Director of the Illinois Department of Mental Health ("DMH").1 An amended complaint was later filed in which Tidwell named the Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare...

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