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DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVOCACY CTR., INC. v. MELTON

Civ.No. 81-330-D.

521 F.Supp. 365 (1981)

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVOCACY CENTER, INC., Harold Tuttle, Alice Graham, Lillian Cooke, Bruce Spinney, by and through their next friend, Freda Smith, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, v. Jack MELTON, in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Laconia State School and Training Center, Gary Miller, in his official capacity as Director of the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services.

United States District Court, D. New Hampshire.

September 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald K. Lospennato, Concord, N.H., Kenneth M. Brown, Nashua, N.H., for plaintiffs.

Peter C. Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., Concord, N. H., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DEVINE, Chief Judge.

The Developmental Disabilities Advocacy Center, Inc. ("DDAC"), is an entity established pursuant to a section of the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6000 et seq. ("DD Act"). Perceiving that it occupies a "special role" such as to permit it unrestricted access to and review of the records of the mentally retarded residents of Laconia State School and Training Center...

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