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NEW YORK STATE ASS'N FOR RETARD. CH., INC. v. CAREY

Nos. 72 Civ. 356, 72 Civ. 357.

393 F.Supp. 715 (1975)

NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CHILDREN, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Hugh L. CAREY, Individually and as Governor of the State of New York, et al., Defendants, United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

May 5, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. Ennis, New York Civil Liberties Union & Mental Health Law Project, New York City, Christopher A. Hansen, Mental Health Law Project, New York City, for and on behalf of all named plaintiffs in No. 72 Civ. 356 and the class.

J. Stanley Pottinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Diane S. Dorfman, Michael S. Lottman, Jack R. Marker, Attys., Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae United States.

Kalman Finkel, Attorney-in-Charge The Legal Aid Society, Civil Div., New York City, Anita Fisher Barrett, John E. Kirklin, The Legal Aid Society Civil Appeals Bureau, New York City, Joan Mangones, Douglas Leonard, The Legal Aid Society Staten Island Neighborhood Office, Staten Island, N.Y., of counsel; for and on behalf of all named plaintiffs in No. 72 Civ. 357 and the class.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., New York City, for and on behalf of all defendants; by Joel Lewittes, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

MEMORANDUM

JUDD, District Judge.

A hearing has been held on the parties' motion for approval of a consent judgment terminating this civil rights action concerning the care and treatment of mentally retarded children and adults residing at Willowbrook State Developmental Center (formerly the Willowbrook State School).

During the three-year course of this litigation, the fate of the mentally impaired members of our society has passed from an arcane...

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