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GOODWIN v. SHAPIRO

Civ. A. No. 80-2828.

545 F.Supp. 826 (1982)

James GOODWIN, David K., Elizabeth F., Marlene Lucas, Tammy Hoernlen, Eula Vassar, Sally Ann T., Barry Auerbach, Tracey Jones, Wayne Bailey, Veronica Gray, W.M., Troy C., Peter M., Lloyd Harris, and Roberta Milla, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Peter SHAPIRO, individually and as County Executive of the County of Essex, State of New Jersey; Michael P. Duffy, individually and as Director, Essex County Hospital Center; David Paschal, individually and as Director, Essex County Department of Health and Rehabilitation; Arthur Avella, M.D., individually and as Medical Director, Essex County Hospital Center; Ralph Spiro, individually and as Director, Department of Social Services, Essex County Hospital Center, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Rodriguez, Public Advocate by Paula S. Chaffin, Asst. Deputy Public Advocate, Dept. of the Public Advocate, Div. of Mental Health Advocacy, Essex County Regional Office, Newark, N.J., for plaintiffs.

David H. Ben-Asher, Essex County Counsel by Susan J. Barone, Asst. Essex County Counsel, Newark, N.J., for defendants.

OPINION

STERN, District Judge.

This action was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by sixteen past and present patients at the Essex County Hospital Center in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, a psychiatric hospital run by Essex County, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated. The named defendants were Peter Shapiro, the Essex County Executive; Michael P. Duffy, Director of the Essex County Hospital Center; David Paschal, Acting Director of...

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