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J. L. v. PARHAM

Civ. A. No. 75-163-MAC.

412 F.Supp. 112 (1976)

J. L. and J. R., minors, Individually and as representatives of a class consisting of all persons younger than 18 years of age, now or hereafter received by any defendant for observation or diagnosis and/or detained for care or treatment at any facility within the State of Georgia, pursuant to 1969 Georgia Laws pp. 505-517, informally codified as Georgia Code Annotated § 88-503.1, Plaintiffs, v. James PARHAM, Individually and as Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Georgia, Macon Division.

February 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Goren, Gerald R. Tarutis, Steven Granberg, Macon, Ga., Georgia Legal Services Program, Guardian ad Litem for plaintiffs. Nancy Lindbloom, Macon, Ga., John Cromartie, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Joseph J. Levin, Pamela S. Horowitz, Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Ala., of counsel.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Robert S. Stubbs, II, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Dan A. Langham, Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy J. Sweeney, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Dorothy Y. Kirkley, R. Douglas Lackey, Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants.

Before BELL, Circuit Judge, BOOTLE, Senior District Judge, and OWENS, District Judge.

OWENS, District Judge:

This lawsuit was begun by two boys, one twelve and one thirteen years of age, known herein by their initials — J. R. and J. L. — to secure their release from more than five years of confinement in Georgia's mental hospital at Milledgeville pursuant to Georgia's mental health laws providing for the voluntary admission of minor children to mental hospitals by parents or guardians, to wit: 1933 Ga.Code Ann. §§ 88-503.1,...

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