Legal Opinion
Ricci v. Callahan
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 9, 1986No. Civ. A. 72-0469-T (Belchertown); 74-2768-T (Fernald); 75-3910-T (Monson); 75-5023-T (Wrentham); 75-5210-T (Dever)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, District Judge.
A class action was filed in 1972, on behalf of the mentally retarded residents of Belchertown State School, asserting that conditions there were so inadequate that they violated the residents’ constitutional and statutory rights. During the next three years, similar actions were filed on behalf of residents of Fernald, Monson, Wrentham and Dever State Schools. Named as defendants were several Massachusetts officials with direct and indirect responsibility for these institutions.
I inspected these institutions and learned first hand that conditions at each of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Massachusetts Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. v. Edward J. KingCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Ricci v. OkinDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1982
- Massachusetts Association for Retarded Citizens v. Edward J. KingCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Ricci v. CallahanDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1983
- Ricci v. CallahanDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1983
3Cited by3 opinions
- Newell v. Department of Mental RetardationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Ricci v. OkinDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1993
- Ricci v. OkinDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2011