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This series contains the New York Civil Liberties Union's files related to Willowbrook and the Consent Decree. It consists of court papers from primarily NYSARC and Parisi v. Rockefeller/Carey (United States District Court-Eastern District of New York, No. 72-C-356/357), the lawsuit filed by the New York State Association for Retarded Children and the parents or representatives of several Willowbrook Class members against New York State in the wake of Geraldo Rivera's TV news story. The materials are arranged chronologically, and may be divided into two periods: the pre-Consent Decree phase, 1973-1975 and the post-Consent Decree phase, 1977-1981.