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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Conner v. Branstad

4:86-cv-90871 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Dec. 8, 1986

Closed Date: 2003

On December 8, 1986, a resident of Glenwood or Woodward State Hospital-Schools filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on behalf of himself and other similarly situated persons. Plaintiffs were represented by the Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services and the University of Iowa College of Law Clinical Program, the Legal Center for Special Education, and private attorneys. Defendants were the State of Iowa, the Division of M…
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Kentucky ARC v. Conn.

3:78-00157 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: May 16, 1977

Closed Date: 1983

On May 16, 1977 the Kentucky Association for Retarded Citizens and residents of Outwood, a residential treatment facility in rural Kentucky for persons with intellectual disabilities, filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky against the Secretary of the Kentucky Department for Human Resources, state officials, and others. Outwood was operated by defendant Excepticon, Inc., a private corporation under contract with the Department for …
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Gary W. v. Louisiana

2:74-cv-02412 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 3, 1974

Closed Date: 1994

On September 3, 1974, a lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana alleging that agencies within the Louisiana Health and Human Resources Administration violated the constitutional and statutory rights of emotionally disturbed children and children with intellectual disabilities by placing them in various Texas institutions where they were subjected to poor living conditions and the denial of adequate treatment. The plaintiffs were represented b…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Bonnie S. v. Drew Altman

2:87-03709 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 1987

Closed Date: 1989

On September 10, 1987, six women with intellectual disabilities residing at the New Jersey Developmental Center, a state-run mental institution in Totowa, New Jersey, filed this lawsuit against the State on behalf of all New Jersey residents involuntarily confined to institutions, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, alleged that their constitutional and statutory rights under the Fourteenth Amendment and Title XIX of the So…
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Nicoletti v. Brown

1:87-cv-01456 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: June 12, 1987

Closed Date: 1993

On June 12, 1987, several involuntarily committed persons with intellectual disabilities residing at the Cleveland Developmental Center [CDC] filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, challenging conditions at the CDC. The complaint named as defendants the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (ODMR/DD) and CDC officials. The Ohio Department of Human Services (ODHS) and its director, and ot…
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Homeward Bound v. Hissom Memorial Center

4:85-cv-00437 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 2, 1985

Closed Date: 2007

On May 2, 1985, Homeward Bound, Inc. filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma against the Hissom Memorial Center and various state agencies. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of 600 individuals with intellectual disabilities, most of whom were children, who were incarcerated in Hissom Memorial in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Homeward Bound was represented by private attorneys and attorneys from the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelp…
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Iasimone v. Garrahy

1:77-cv-00727 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 1977

Closed Date: 1994

On December 9, 1977, a group of residents at the Dr. Joseph H. Ladd School, a state facility for intellectually disabled and other handicapped individuals, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs brought this action against the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals (now the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals) and the Ladd Sc…
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People First of Tenn. v. Clover Bottom Devel. Center

3:95-cv-01227 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 1995

Closed Date: 2017

On December 22, 1995, People First of Tennessee filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against the State of Tennessee on behalf of residents of the Clover Bottom Developmental Center, Greene Valley Developmental Center, and Winston Developmental Center. The plaintiff sued the Clover Bottom Development Center and the Tennessee Department of Health under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act …
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Davis v. Buckley

3:80-00569 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 22, 1980

Closed Date: April 25, 1983

In 1980, a intellectually disabled resident of the Southside Virginia Training Center ("Southside") filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of himself and 98 other Southside residents with intellectual disabilities who desired community placement. Plaintiffs, represented by the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society and the Peninsula Legal Aid Center, sought declaratory and injunctive relief requiring the defendants, who included So…
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DOJ CRIPA Investigation of the Bellefontaine Habilitation Center, St. Louis, Missouri

Never Filed | No Court

Filed Date: April 11, 2007

On April 11, 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division ("DOJ") sent its "findings letter" to Missouri's governor, advising him of the results of the November 2005, DOJ investigation of conditions and practices at the Bellefontaine Habilitation Center ("Bellefontaine"), which houses developmentally disabled persons, including patients with intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, and autism. The investigation occurred under the authority of the Civil Rights of Institutional…