U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1974

Burnham v. Department of Public Health

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided November 8, 1974

503 F.2d 1319 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Thomas H. Harper, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Jack Drake, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for plaintiff s-appellants., Alfred L. Evans, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees., Edward Lynch, Washington, D. C., for President’s Committee on Mental Retardation., Charles Halpern, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae, for Mental Health Law Project., James E. Fitzpatrick, Jeffrey D. Bau-man, Stanley Herr, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae, for NLADA National Law Office.

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Flakes v. Percy (District Court, W.D. Wisconsin 1981)
Petition of Ackerman (Ind. Ct. App. 1980)
A. J. Burnham v. Department Of Public Health Of The State Of Georgia (5th Cir. 1974)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:

The decision of the district court is reversed on the authority of our decisions in Donaldson v. O’Connor, 5 Cir. 1974, 493 F.2d 507, and Wyatt v. Ader-holt, 5 Cir. 1974, 503 F.2d 1305. The case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the principles announced in those decisions.

Reversed and remanded.

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