Legal Opinion
Developmental Disabilities Advocacy Center, Inc. v. Melton
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided September 2, 1981No. Civ.81-330-DPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DEVINE, Chief Judge.
The Developmental Disabilities Advocacy Center, Inc. (“DDAC”), is an entity established pursuant to a section of the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6000 et seq. (“DD Act”). Perceiving that it occupies a “special role” such as to permit it unrestricted access to and review of the records of the mentally retarded residents of Laconia State School and Training Center (“LSS”), it here seeks to challenge certain visitation policies of LSS. The relief sought is injunctive, Rule 65, Fed.R.Civ.P., and declaratory, 28…
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