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ORR v. SONNENBURG

No. 37A03-8801-CV-4.

542 N.E.2d 201 (1989)

Robert D. ORR, Governor of the State of Indiana; Dennis R. Jones, Mental Health Commissioner; et al., Appellants (Defendants below), v. Leo J. SONNENBURG, Gerald Harnett, and Dennis Sheffield, On Behalf of Themselves and All Other Similarly Situated Plaintiffs, Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

August 7, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Robert S. Spear, Chief Counsel, David Michael Wallman, Section Chief, Federal Litigation, Indianapolis, for appellants.

Terrance L. Smith, Anthony De Bonis, Jr., Smith & De Bonis, East Chicago, for appellees.

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Defendants-appellants Robert D. Orr, Governor of the State of Indiana; Dennis R. Jones, Mental Health Commissioner; et al. (hereinafter referred to as "State") appeal from a judgment in the sum of $27,954,852.68 entered on behalf of a class of 7,419 former patients of Indiana state mental institutions (hereinafter referred to as "Plaintiffs").

The facts relevant to this appeal disclose that the State had a long-standing practice of requiring...

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