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BREWSTER v. DUKAKIS

No. 81-1687.

687 F.2d 495 (1982)

David BREWSTER, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Michael S. DUKAKIS, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1982.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Mohl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Government Bureau, Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Steven J. Schwartz, Springfield, Mass., with whom Robert D. Fleischner, Nonnie S. Burnes, and Hill & Barlow, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before ALDRICH and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and TORRUELLA, District Judge.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, representing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, seek to overturn a district court order requiring them to develop, and to pay for, a program of legal assistance for mentally ill and retarded people. The district court, in connection with its ongoing supervision of a consent decree, ordered the Commonwealth to create an independent legal advocacy program that would represent mentally ill or retarded clients on issues arising out of...

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