· 12/11/1967
Tighe v. Roecker
Citations
- 389 U.S. 1005
- 88 S. Ct. 563
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- refusing to apply the special relationship exception to impose upon the state an affirmative duty \to protect the mentally retarded living at home\
- refusing to apply the special relationship exception to impose upon the state an affirmative duty \to protect the mentally retarded living at home\
- city and state did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment in reducing or eliminating services to mentally retarded persons living at home
- even if attending “state-sponsored day programs” amounted to “intermittent custody,” that would not create a duty to protect
- even if attending “state-sponsored day programs” amounted to “intermittent custody,” that would not create a duty to protect
- \Full compliance with an injunction amounting to the entirety of the relief sought renders an issue moot.\
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