Michigan Ass'n for Retarded Citizens v. Smith

MEMORANDUM OPINION, ORDER AND DECREE

JOINER, District Judge.

On February 21,1978, the Michigan Association for Retarded Citizens, the Plymouth Association for Retarded Citizens, and twelve individuals brought this suit against various officials in the Michigan Department of Mental Health in an attempt to improve the plight of the mentally retarded persons who were residents of the Plymouth Center for Human Development.

The suit followed a number of charges of abuse of the residents, mismanagement of the institution, and misdirection of the Department of Mental Health in the care and treatment of…