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DURETT v. COHEN

Civ. A. No. 83-3855.

618 F.Supp. 175 (1985)

Paul DURETT v. Walter S. COHEN, Individually and in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Jennifer L. Howse, Individually and in her official capacity as Deputy Secretary for Mental Retardation for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Patricia C. Sweigert, Individually and in her official capacity as the Administrator of the Bucks County Department of Mental Health-Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Elaine P. Zettick, Carl F. Fonash, and Andrew L. Warren, Individually and in their official capacities as the Bucks County Commissioners, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

August 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Gold, Ilene W. Shane, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

John G. Knorr, III, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Com. of Pa., Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiff Paul Durett alleged that the denial of funding for mental retardation services by Pennsylvania and Bucks County constituted a violation of plaintiff's rights under the fourteenth amendment, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 795 (1985 supp.), federal regulations, 45 C.F.R. § 84.51 et seq. (1985), and the Pennsylvania Mental Health/Mental Retardation Act,...

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