NEW YORK STATE ASS'N FOR RETARDED CHILDREN, INC. v. CAREY

Nos. 72-C-356, 72-C-357.

409 F.Supp. 606 (1976)

NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CHILDREN, INC., et al., and Patricia Parisi 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.

March 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Bernstein, New York City, for plaintiff New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc.

Bruce J. Ennis, Christopher A. Hansen, Anita Fisher Barrett, N.Y. Civil Liberties Union, New York City, for other named plaintiffs.

J. Stanley Pottinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., by Louis M. Thrasher, Daniel F. Rinzel, Jack R. Marker, Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for U. S. amicus curiae.

Murray B. Schneps, Vice Chairman on behalf of the Review Panel, Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendants; Brenda Soloff, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.


JUDD, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM

(Review Panel Functions)

A significant issue arose at the court hearing on February 10, 1976 concerning the function of the Review Panel, whether it is confined to post-audit powers as suggested by defendants, or whether it may function in respect to policies at Willowbrook before they are developed and implemented.

Facts

The post-audit question touches on many aspects of the care...

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