Legal Opinion
New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Rockefeller
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 10, 1973No. 73-C-55, 73-C-113PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDD, District Judge.
MEMORANDUM
Willowbrook State School for the Mentally Retarded has been characterized by Dr. Herbert J. Grossman, expert consultant for the defendants, as “based on the wrong concept in the wrong place with the wrong plan.” Plaintiffs, representing the residents of Willowbrook, have asked this court to require the defendants to institute programs which will raise the conditions at Willowbrook to a level approaching the ideals stated in recently formulated national accreditation standards. The official defendants question the power of a federal court and also the necessity…
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- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by104 opinions
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- Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
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