RICCI v. OKIN

Civ. A. Nos. 72-0469-T, 74-2768-T, 75-3910-T, 75-5023-T and 75-5210-T.

823 F.Supp. 984 (1993)

Robert Simpson RICCI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Robert L. OKIN, M.D., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

May 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nonnie S. Burnes, Hill & Barlow, Beryl W. Cohen, Boston, MA, for plaintiffs.

Kim E. Murdock, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Mental Retardation, Douglas Wilkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, MA, David Ferleger, Philadelphia, PA, for defendants.

Suzanne Durrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, MA, for the U.S.


MEMORANDUM

TAURO, Chief Judge.

Twenty-one years ago, I made my first trip to Belchertown, to see for myself the conditions alleged in a class action filed on behalf of the residents there.

To put that time frame in some perspective, I point out that the law clerk who accompanied me that day, Mark Brodin, is now a tenured professor at the Boston College Law School—a rookie Boston lawyer named Bill Weld had passed the bar less than two years...

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