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CHILD WELFARE
David B. v. McDonald

1:79-cv-01662 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 25, 1979

Closed Date: 1998

On April 25, 1979, a class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, on behalf of a class of children in Cook County, Illinois, who were either wards of the juvenile court or had petitions for wardship pending, and had emotional, physical, or mental disabilities. The plaintiffs represented by the Cook County Public Guardian alleged that the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCSF), the Illinois Department of Mental Health and D…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
CRIPA Investigation, Franklin (PA)

No Court Case | No Court

In 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) conducted an investigation of the VisionQuest Juvenile Detention Facility in Franklin, Pennsylvania pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq. The Justice Department issued its findings on August 4, 1994, which uncovered several unconstitutional conditions. The DOJ found that VisionQuest staff members subjected juveniles to serious physical and mental abuse, including punching, hitting, headlocks, headb…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Johnson & U.S. v. Florida

8:87-cv-00369 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: March 11, 1987

Closed Date: 2010

On March 11, 1987, mentally ill patients at G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital (GPW), filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of Florida in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. The plaintiffs, represented by Florida Rural Legal Services, Advocacy Center, Southern Legal Counsel, the School Board of Manatee County, the Center for Public Representation, a public defender and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and inj…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Messier v. Southbury Training School

3:94-cv-01706 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1994

Closed Date: March 13, 2019

On October 4, 1994, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against Connecticut's Departments of Mental Retardation (DMR), Social Services (DSS), and Public Health (DPH) and Southbury Training School, an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities (ICF/MR) in Southbury, Connecticut. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief on behalf of both current and future Southbury residents.…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Hunt v. Meszaros

2:91-cv-02564 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 1991

Closed Date: 1999

On September 6, 1991, Mary Hunt, a resident of the Great Oaks Center for developmentally disabled persons in Silver Springs, Maryland, filed a class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against the State of Maryland, the administrator of Great Oaks Center, and both the Secretary and Director of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The plaintiffs, including all persons then or who may in the future be confined at Great Oaks Center,…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Solomon

1:74-cv-00181 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 1974

Closed Date: 1977

On February 21, 1974, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiff asked the district court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants had violated the constitutional rights of patients at the Rosewood State Hospital (RSH) in Owings Mill, Maryland. RSH was a facility where citizens with intellectual disabilities were confined for the pu…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Wuori v. Concannon

1:75-cv-00080 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 3, 1975

On July 3, 1975, seven residents of Pineland Center, a state institution for individuals with mental disabilities, filed this putativeclass action lawsuit in the Southern District of Maine on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated—a class defined as “all present and future residents of Pineland whose needs for care, education, training and therapy in a humane and healthful physical and psychological environment are unmet.” The plaintiffs sued the Pineland Center under 42 U.S.C. 198…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Kope v. Watkins

88-61424 | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: April 27, 1988

On April 27, 1988, persons with intellectual disabilities residing at Greenbrook Manor in Monroe, Michigan, the Kalamazoo Total Living Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Mt. Pleasant Total Living Center in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, the Taylor Total Living Center in Taylor, Michigan, and the Wayne Total Living Center in Wayne, Michigan, filed a class action lawsuit under the Michigan State Constitution and under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Michigan Department of Mental Health (MDMH) in the Michig…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Michigan ARC v. Smith

2:78-cv-70384 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 1978

On February 21, 1978, the Michigan Association for Retarded Citizens (MARC) and the Plymouth Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Michigan Department of Mental Health in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs, represented by Michigan Protection and Advocacy Services for Developmentally Disabled Citizens, asked the district court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the defe…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Mississippi

3:90-00320 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 21, 1990

Closed Date: 1992

On June 21, 1990, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq., against the State of Mississippi in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The government alleged that the conditions at Ellisville State School, a state-run facility for people with intellectual disabilities in Ellisville, Mississippi, violated the constitutional rights of the residents, and it asked the court fo…