Case Name: A. J. BURNHAM, Edith Summerhall, Christopher C. Nelson, William J. Kelly, Ray Gormley, Julium McLendon, and David P. Thompson, Jr., for themselves jointly and severally and for all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF the STATE OF GEORGIA et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1974-11-08
Citations: 503 F.2d 1319
Docket Number: No. 72-3110
Parties: A. J. BURNHAM, Edith Summerhall, Christopher C. Nelson, William J. Kelly, Ray Gormley, Julium McLendon, and David P. Thompson, Jr., for themselves jointly and severally and for all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF the STATE OF GEORGIA et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 503
Pages: 1319–1319

Head Matter:
A. J. BURNHAM, Edith Summerhall, Christopher C. Nelson, William J. Kelly, Ray Gormley, Julium McLendon, and David P. Thompson, Jr., for themselves jointly and severally and for all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF the STATE OF GEORGIA et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 72-3110.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 8, 1974.
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.
Before WISDOM, BELL and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
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.