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HALDERMAN v. PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL

Civ. A. No. 74-1345.

526 F.Supp. 414 (1981)

Terri Lee HALDERMAN et al., Plaintiffs, v. PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL et al., Defendants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Ferleger, Philadelphia, Pa., 19103 for Terri Lee Halderman.

Thomas M. Kittredge, Philadelphia, Pa., 19109 for Bucks, Chester and Delaware Counties.

Robert B. Hoffman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., 17120 for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Gilhool, Esq., Public Interest Law Center, Philadelphia, Pa., 19107 for Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens.

Herbert B. Newberg, Philadelphia, Pa., 19103 for David Ferleger, Esq.

Pamela P. Cohen, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa., 19103 for Pennhurst Parents Association.

Adjor A. Burrow, Civil Rights Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., R. Stephen Barrett, Asst. County Sol., Norristown, Pa., 19401 for Montgomery County.

Marc H. Myers, Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., 19107 for Philadelphia County.

MEMORANDUM

RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.

Commencing on July 23, 1981, this Court held a hearing on a Rule to Show Cause why the Commonwealth defendants and Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties should not be held in civil contempt for their failure to comply with Paragraph 1 of this Court's Order of March 2, 1981.

Paragraph 1 of the Court's Order of March 2, 1981 provides:

Defendants shall provide community living...

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