Lois Curtis and President Obama
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
In its opinion in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999), the U.S. Supreme Court held that persons unnecessarily confined to institutions for care relating to mental or intellectual disabilities have the right to state-funded community-based treatment options. This decision has led to an entire category of litigation ("Olmstead litigation"); the Clearinghouse has collected these cases here.
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