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In the space allotted to me, I will discuss briefly the interesting and significant developments in the legal right to treatment or habilitation for mentally disabled persons, beginning with the Wyatt decision in 1971 and continuing to the present.
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F. Supp. 781 (M.D. Ala. 1971), 334 F. Supp. 1341 (M.D. Ala. 1971), 344 F. Supp. 373 and 387 (M.D. Ala. 1972), affirmed sub nom Wyatt v. Aderholt, 503 F. 2d 1305 (5th Cir. 1974 ).
New York State Association for Retarded Children v. Rockefeller, 357 F. Supp. 752 (E.D.N.Y. 1973 ).
Dixon v. Weinberger, 405 F. Supp. 974 (D.D.C. 1975 ).
F. Supp. 1295 (E.D. Pa. 1977); affirmed in part and modified in part, Nos. 78–1490, 1564, and 1602 (3rd Cir., December 13, 1979 ). The court of appeals’ decision, handed down after this article was written, affirmed the basic thrust of the district court decision on statutory grounds, while modifying that decision with respect to the complete closing of Pennhurst. While recognizing that the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act provides mentally retarded persons with a right to the least restrictive environment and that deinstitutionalization is the “clear preference of the Act,” the appeals court held that in specific situations, “institutionalization might be appropriate once adequate habilitation and living conditions are established.”
Since this article was written, the court has denied defendants’ motion for modification. Wyatt v. Ireland, No. 3195-N (M.D. Ala., October 24, 1979 ).
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Friedman, P.R. (1980). Developments in the Right to Treatment. In: Milunsky, A., Annas, G.J. (eds) Genetics and the Law II. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3078-3_26
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