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FOE v. CUOMO

No. 75 Civ. 1029 (JRB).

700 F.Supp. 107 (1988)

Frank FOE, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Mario CUOMO, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

November 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Lottman, E. Hartford, Conn., Scheinberg, Schneps, DePetris & DePetris, Riverhead, N.Y. (Murray B. Schneps, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., New York City (Arnold D. Fleischer, Caren Brutten, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel), Nancy H. Halleck, New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, N.Y., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT

BARTELS, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

This case has a long and tortured history. It was commenced on June 27, 1975, on behalf of all patients involuntarily committed to the care and custody of New York State mental hospitals, as a broadscale challenge to the constitutionality of the policies and operation of the public mental health system in New York State. By amended complaint filed August 15, 1975, plaintiffs...

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