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HALDERMAN v. PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSP.

Civ. A. No. 74-1345.

567 F.Supp. 1504 (1983)

Terri Lee HALDERMAN et al. v. PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

July 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Ferleger, Herbert B. Newberg, Philadelphia, Pa., for Terri Lee Halderman.

Thomas M. Kittredge, Philadelphia, Pa., for Bucks, Chester and Delaware Counties.

Robert B. Hoffman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Gilhool, Public Interest Law Center, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania Ass'n for Retarded Citizens.

Herbert B. Newberg, Philadelphia, Pa., for David Ferleger, Esq.

Pamela P. Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennhurst Parents Ass'n.

Mitchell W. Dale, Civil Rights Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., R. Stephen Barrett, Asst. County Sol., Norristown, Pa., for Montgomery County.

Marc H. Myers, Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for Philadelphia County.

MEMORANDUM

RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.

This case is a class-action brought in 1974 on behalf of retarded residents of Pennhurst State School and Hospital ("Pennhurst"), who alleged that the conditions of their confinement at Pennhurst violated their state statutory, federal statutory, and constitutional rights. In 1977, this Court, based on the evidence presented at a 32-day trial, set forth findings of fact and conclusions

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