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RICCI v. OKIN

No. 92-1812.

978 F.2d 764 (1992)

Robert Simpson RICCI, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Robert L. OKIN, M.D., et al., Defendants, Appellees, William F. Weld, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Ferleger, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., with whom Scott Harshbarger, Atty. Gen., Cambridge, Mass., Douglas H. Wilkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Kim E. Murdock, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellants.

Nonnie S. Burnes with whom Michael J. Pineault, Hill & Barlow, P.C. and Beryl W. Cohen, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellees.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.

BREYER, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises out of a set of consolidated cases concerning the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' care and education of its mentally retarded citizens. Plaintiffs first brought these cases against the state in the early 1970's. In 1977 the district court entered a set of consent decrees, aimed at improving care conditions, and the court, during the next several years, actively oversaw their implementation. By 1986, conditions had improved to...

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