Legal Opinion
Rolland v. Romney
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 28, 2003No. 19-1368PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellants, the governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and various officials (collectively referred to as the “Commonwealth”), appeal the decision of the district court, acting through' a magistrate judge, see 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), requiring them to provide certain services to appellees, a group of adults with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities who reside in nursing homes in Massachusetts. 1 Concluding that the court’s interpretation of the applicable federal law was not in error, we affirm.
I. Background
Residents, then-plaintiffs, filed a…
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3Cited by26 opinions
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