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SMITH v. WENDELL

Civ. A. No. 74-2779.

390 F.Supp. 260 (1975)

Marilyn SMITH, Plaintiff, v. Margaret WENDELL, M. D., Psychiatrist, formerly of Haverford State Hospital, presently of Child Guidance and Mental Health Clinic, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

February 28, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Ferleger, Mental Patient Civil Liberties Project, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

James Lewis Griffith, Charles B. Burr, II, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Richard W. Hollstein, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

VAN ARTSDALEN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Marilyn Smith, instituted this civil rights action against certain members of the staff of the Haverford State Hospital, Haverford, Pennsylvania. The complaint alleges that plaintiff was unlawfully confined at the Haverford State Hospital from December 9, 1972 to December 13, 1972 and that during her confinement she was denied medical treatment...

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