Legal Opinion
Society for Good Will to Retarded Children, Inc. v. Cuomo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 13, 1984No. Nos. 749, 750, Dockets 83-7621, 83-7663PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Weinstein, C.J., 572 F.Supp. 1300. It concerns the welfare of a few of the more than seven million mentally retarded individuals in this country. It also concerns the constitutional powers and constraints of federal courts that are asked to grant relief when state political branches of government are perceived as too slow in improving individual welfare. The district court painstakingly conducted a thorough trial and issued a decree which would result in vast…
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