Michigan Ass'n for Retarded Citizens v. Wayne County Probate Judge

Plaintiffs Thayer and Perkowski were among over 100 mentally retarded individuals for whom guardianship hearings were *490held by defendant on October 1, 1976, at the Oakdale Center for Developmental Disabilities. These hearings began at approximately 10:30 a.m. and were completed at 11:45 a.m. the same day. Plaintiffs alleged that the manner in which the hearings were held, at this institution and at other state institutions at other times by defendant, violated the new Mental Health Code, MCLA 330.1001 et seq.; MSA 14.800(1) et seq. Plaintiffs sought an order of superintending control pursuant…