Ricci v. Okin

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 819

I. Factual Background 819

II. The Personnel Decree 822

III. The Law 823

IV. The Defendants’ Efforts at Compliance with the Personnel Decree 828

A) The Proposed Reduction 830

B) The Osborn Report 834

Conclusion 836

Appendix

OPINION

TAURO, District Judge.

The immediate issue in this decade-old litigation concerns the level of staffing necessary to meet the requirements of the Final Decree on Personnel covering five state schools for the mentally retarded (“Personnel Decree”). 1

The Personal Decree is a consent decree, agreed to by the parties on July 10, 1978, and…