N.J. ASS'N FOR RETARDED CITIZENS, INC. v. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS, INC., DAWN DEMASI, A MINOR, BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM, FRANK DEMASI AND JAMES LOOMIS, A MINOR, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, ELEANORE LOOMIS, PLAINTIFFS, AND BOYCE CLAVERING, A MINOR, BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, THOMAS CLAVERING AND RICHARD SWAYNE, AN INCOMPETENT BY HIS GUARDIAN, WILLIAM T.J. SWAYNE, AND THE CLASS OF PERSONS SIMILARLY SITUATED WHICH THEY REPRESENT, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; ANN KLEIN, COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES; MAURICE KOTT, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF MENTAL RETARDATION, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; NEW JERSEY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; FRED G. BURKE, COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION; JAMES RICHARDSON, DIRECTOR, BRANCH OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; ALPHONSE C. SOOTKOOS, SUPERINTENDENT, HUNTERDON STATE SCHOOL, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.