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FLORIDA ASS'N FOR RETARDED CITIZENS, INC. v. BUSH

No. 00-14847 Non-Argument Calendar.

246 F.3d 1296 (2001)

FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS, INC., Gwendolyn J. Thomas, an infant by her mother Rebecca Thomas, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jeb BUSH, Governor of the State of Florida, David H. Pingree, Secretary, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

DECIDED April 3, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice K. Nelson, Jodi Lynn Siegel, Southern Legal Counsel, Inc., Gainesville, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jason Vail, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, BLACK and CARNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The plaintiffs in this case filed this class action against the State of Florida on August 30, 1979 challenging Florida's treatment of persons with mental retardation who lived in state facilities. A consent decree granting broad relief to the plaintiffs was entered by the district court in October 1982. In that decree, the district court explicitly retained jurisdiction to issue "such further orders as may be necessary or appropriate, for the execution...

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