Legal Opinion
Ricci v. Patrick
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 1, 2008No. 07-2522, 07-2523PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
The Governor of Massachusetts and the state Department of Mental Retardation (“DMR”) appeal from an order of a federal district court which both reopens a 1993 consent decree and then requires them to take certain steps as to the residents of the Fernald Developmental Center. Ricci v. Okin (Ricci IV), 499 F.Supp.2d 89 (D.Mass.2007). Appellants, whom we shall call the Commonwealth, deny that the court had any authority to reopen the consent decree or otherwise issue any orders.
The Commonwealth characterizes the order as essentially prohibiting it from relocating residents as…
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