DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVOCACY CENTER, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, and
Harold Tuttle, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees,
v.
Jack MELTON, et al., Defendants, Appellees.
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVOCACY CENTER, INC., Plaintiff, Appellee, and
Harold Tuttle, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
Jack MELTON, et al., Defendants, Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 4, 1982.
Decided September 22, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kenneth M. Brown, Nashua, N. H., with whom Kahn, Brown & Bruno, Nashua, N. H., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants Harold Tuttle, Alice Graham and Lillian Cooke.
Ronald K. Lospennato, St. Johnsbury, Vt., with whom M. Elaine Beauchesne, Penacook, N. H., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant Developmental Disabilities Advocacy Center, Inc.
James E. Townsend, Asst. Atty. Gen., Concord, N. H., with whom Gregory H. Smith, Atty. Gen., Peter C. Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Loretta S. Platt, Atty., Division of Legal Counsel, Concord, N. H., were on brief, for defendants, appellees Jack Melton and Gary Miller.
Robert D. Fleischner, Steven J. Schwartz, William Crane, Richard Howard, and Carol Booth, on brief for Mental Patients Advocacy Project and Developmental Disabilities Law Center, amici curiae.
Richard A. Cohen, Manchester, N. H., John D. MacIntosh, and New Hampshire Legal Assistance, Concord, N. H., on brief for New Hampshire Association for Retarded Citizens, amicus curiae.
Joseph H. Rodriguez, Camden, N. J., Herbert D. Hinkle and R. Michael Kemler, Asst. Deputy Public Advocate, Trenton, N. J., on brief for National Ass'n of Protection and Advocacy Systems, amicus curiae.
Before ALDRICH, CAMPBELL and BREYER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
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