HALDERMAN v. PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL & HOSP.

No. CIV. A. 74-1345.

995 F.Supp. 534 (1998)

Terri Lee HALDERMAN, et al., v. PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL & HOSPITAL, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

February 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Ferleger, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiffs.

Judith A. Gran, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiff-intervenors The ARC-PA (formerly the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens), et al.

Robert H. Stern, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, DC, for plaintiff-intervenor U.S.

Jerome J. Shestack, Barry M. Klayman, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for defendant Com. of Pennsylvania.

Stephen C. Miller, Law Dept., Philadelphia, PA, for defendant County of Philadelphia.


MEMORANDUM

BRODERICK, District Judge.

In the Court's Memorandum of April 5, 1985 approving the settlement of this class action and the entry of a consent decree, it was optimistically declared that "The concluding chapter of this litigation is at hand." It was therefore with great regret that on March 28, 1994 the Court was required to find, after a hearing, that defendants Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ("Commonwealth") and the County of Philadelphia...

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