General

Pennhurst State School and Hospital et al. v. Halderman et al; Mayor of Philadelphia et al. v. Halderman et al.; Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens et al. v. Pennhurst State School and Hospital et al.; Commissioners and Mental Health/Mental Retardation Administrator for Bucks County et al. v. Halderman et al.; and Pennhurst Parents-Staff Assn. v. Halderman et al.

449 U.S. 980·Supreme Court of the United States·1980

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Opinion

No. 79-1404. No. 79-1408. No. 79-1414. No. 79-1415. No. 79-1489. Pennhurst State School and Hospital et al. v. Halderman et al; Mayor of Philadelphia et al. v. Halderman et al.; Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens et al. v. Pennhurst State School and Hospital et al.; Commissioners and Mental Health/Mental Retardation Administrator for Bucks County et al. v. Halderman et al.; and Pennhurst Parents-Staff Assn. v. Halderman et al. [MAJORITY] C. A. 3d Cir. [Certiorari granted, 447 U. S. 904.] Motions of National Association of Retarded Citizens et al. and plaintiffs in Brewster v. Dukakis, et al., for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae denied.