Legal Opinion
Society for Good Will to Retarded Children, Inc. v. Cuomo
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 10, 1983No. 78-Civ.-1847PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Chief Judge:
This litigation plumbs the despair and guilt of society and of the parents of profoundly retarded children. Mothers and fathers, after courageous struggles to care for their offspring at home, overwhelmed by lack of respite and assistance, felt compelled to turn over responsibility for them to the state. They acted reluctantly in order to save a modicum of sane living for their families and because they believed the state could do more for their deprived youngsters than they could.
Some twelve hundred clients are housed at the Suffolk Developmental…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. RomeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Jackson v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- O'Connor v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Woe v. CuomoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Society for Good Will to Retarded Children, Inc. v. CuomoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Society for Good Will to Retarded Children, Inc. v. CuomoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Society for Good Will to Retarded Children, Inc., Cross-Appellants v. Mario M. Cuomo, as Governor of the State of New York, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Society for Good Will to Retarded Children, Inc. v. CuomoDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1983
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