ASSOC. FOR RETARDED CITIZENS v. DEPT. OF DEVT'L SERV.

Docket No. S.F. 24761.

38 Cal.3d 384 (1985)

696 P.2d 150

211 Cal. Rptr. 758

ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS — CALIFORNIA et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

March 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Thomas E. Warriner, Assistant Attorney General, Anne S. Pressman and Henry Torres, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Appellants.

Jay-Allen Eisen, David Rosenberg, Whitney Rimel Rogge, Felderstein, Rosenberg & McManus, Gilford M. Eastham and Paul Blake for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Nancy E. Fleischer and Ralph Santiago Abascal as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

Plaintiffs, a number of organizations and individuals concerned with the condition of developmentally disabled persons, brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants, the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), its director (the Director), and another state agency and its secretary, alleging that certain spending directives issued by the...

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