Order reversed, with costs, and motion for a preliminary injunction denied.
This appeal arises as an aftermath of the highly publicized investigation into the conditions at the Willowbrook State School, now known as the Staten Island Developmental Center (hereinafter SIDC). In 1972, a class action was instituted on behalf of the almost 6,000 mentally retarded and developmentally disabled persons then residing at Willowbrook. The class
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