District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania June 21, 1978, Civ. A. 74-1345 (Halderman v. Pennhurst State School and Hospital)

MEMORANDUM

RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.

In an opinion dated December 23, 1977, this Court held that the constitutional and

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statutory rights of the retarded at Pennhurst State School and Hospital (“Pennhurst”) had been, and are being, violated. In an order dated March 17,1978, the Court entered a judgment order mandating the appropriate relief.