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HALDERMAN v. PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSP.

Civ. A. No. 74-1345.

566 F.Supp. 185 (1983)

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.

June 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Robert B. Hoffman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for the Com. of Pa.

Thomas Gilhool, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania Ass'n for Retarded Citizens.

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

Pamela P. Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennhurst Parents Ass'n.

Terissa Chaw, Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., R. Stephen Barrett, Asst. County Sol., Norristown, Pa., for Montgomery County.

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

MEMORANDUM

RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.

Pursuant to the injunctive relief ordered by this Court in 1977 designed to provide the retarded residents of Pennhurst their statutory and constitutional rights, an Individual Habilitation Plan (IHP) was drafted for L.P., a class member. The IHP called for L.P.'s movement from confinement at Pennhurst to a community living facility in Montgomery County. L.P.'s parents initially objected to the placement and...

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