Florida Ass'n for Retarded Citizens, Inc. v. Bush
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
The plaintiffs in this case filed this class action against the State of Florida on August 30, 1979 challenging Florida’s treatment of persons with mental retardation who lived in state facilities. A consent decree granting broad relief to the plaintiffs was entered by the district court in October 1982. In that decree, the district court explicitly retained jurisdiction to issue “such further orders as may be necessary or appropriate, for the execution and enforcement of compliance with” the consent decree. Subsequently, several amendments were made to the consent decree, the last of which…
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