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RICCI v. CALLAHAN

Civ. A. Nos. 72-0469-T (Belchertown); 74-2768-T (Fernald); 75-3910-T (Monson); 75-5023-T (Wrentham); 75-5210-T (Dever).

646 F.Supp. 378 (1986)

Robert Simpson RICCI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James J. CALLAHAN, Jr., et al., Defendants, and consolidated cases.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

October 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beryl W. Cohen, Nonnie S. Burnes, Bruce E. Falby, Hill & Barlow, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Carl Valvo, Kim Murdock, Asst. Attys. Gen., William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Patti Saris, Asst. U.S. Atty., Justice Dept., Boston, Mass., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

A class action was filed in 1972, on behalf of the mentally retarded residents of Belchertown State School, asserting that conditions there were so inadequate that they violated the residents' constitutional and statutory rights. During the next three years, similar actions were filed on behalf of residents of Fernald, Monson, Wrentham and Dever State Schools. Named as defendants were several Massachusetts officials with...

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