1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.2d
  4. 611 A.2d
  5. 611 A.2d 537 (1992)
 

MATTER OF G.T.

No. 88-FM-965.

611 A.2d 537 (1992)

In the Matter of G.T., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas J. Hluchyj, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, and Robert J. Harlan, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant, G.T., a mildly retarded adult, seeks to compel the District of Columbia to provide him and his wife, T.B., who also is mentally retarded, with a supervised apartment under the "Mentally Retarded Citizens Constitutional Rights and Dignity Act of 1978," D.C.Code §§ 6-1901 et seq. (1989) (hereafter "the Act"). The trial court denied appellant's motion on the ground that, on the particular facts of this case, compelling...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases