Massachusetts Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. v. Edward J. King

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This case is a late offshoot of five consolidated class actions that challenged on constitutional and statutory grounds the conditions at five schools for the retarded in Massachusetts. The basic actions were settled by consent decrees, but subject to the continuing supervision of the district court. The preliminary injunction that is the focus of this case was precipitated by the passage by the Massachusetts Legislature of a charge-for-care statute, St.1980, c. 329, §§ 44-51, that was intended to increase federal Medicaid reimbursement for services provided to residents…