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GOLDHABER v. FOLEY

Civ. A. No. 81-0672.

519 F.Supp. 466 (1981)

Emil GOLDHABER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William E. FOLEY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward I. Swichar, Faith R. Greenfield, Wexler, Weisman, Forman & Shapiro, P. C., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Peter F. Vaira, U. S. Atty., Antoinette R. Stone, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for federal defendants.

Kenneth E. Aaron, Davidson & Aaron, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants Abovitz and Nitchie.

OPINION

BROTMAN,* District Judge.

In recent years the courts have frequently been thrust into the unenviable position of overseeing various governmental institutions—for example, school systems, mental hospitals, and prisons — in order to prevent or redress deprivations of constitutional and statutory rights. These cases raise troublesome questions regarding the role of courts in our society and the competency of...

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