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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Coffelt v. Dept. of Developmental Serv.

916401 | California state supreme court

Filed Date: March 1, 1990

On March 1, 1990, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Francisco, on behalf of persons with developmental disabilities and against the State of California, the Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Finance, the San Andreas Regional Center, the Golden Gate Regional Center, the Regional Center of the East Bay, and the North Bay Regional Center. The plaintiffs, represented by Protection and Advocacy, Inc., sought declaratory …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Olesky v. Haveman

5:99-cv-00105 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 1999

Closed Date: Nov. 13, 2001

The Clearinghouse has managed to acquire only limited documents and information about this case. In 1999, Plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit in Michigan state court against the Michigan Department of Community Health (DCH) and its officials . The suit was filed on behalf of a class of Medicaid recipients confined to Michigan nursing facilities whose screening had identified them as not needing nursing services, though they did require mental health or other specialized services. Using 42 U…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled v. Bloomberg

1:11-cv-06690 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2011

On September 26, 2011, individuals with disabilities and several related organizations filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against New York City and its mayor under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ("Rehabilitation Act"), 29 U.S.C. § 701, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131 et seq., and the New York City Human Rights Law ("NYCHRL"), New York City Admin. Code §§ 8-101 et seq. Plaintiffs…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. Rhode Island and City of Providence

1:13-cv-00442 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: June 13, 2013

On June 13, 2013, the Disability Rights Section of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division (“United States”) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island against the State of Rhode Island (“State”) and City of Providence, Rhode Island (“City”) (including the Providence Public School Department) under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 5…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Preterm-Cleveland v. Himes

1:18-cv-00109 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 9, 2024

Ohio House Bill 214 (“the Act”) was signed into law on December 22, 2017. The Act criminalized performing abortions if the provider knew that one reason for the decision to terminate the pregnancy was a fetal indication of Down syndrome. Three nonprofits, including Planned Parenthood; the owner and operator of a women’s medical center; and a licensed physician (“the plaintiffs”) brought this case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on February 15, 2018, alleging that th…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
American Hospital Association v. Heckler (later Bowen v. Am. Hosp. Ass'n)

1:83-cv-02638 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 6, 1983

In 1982, a newborn child with Down’s Syndrome in Bloomington, Indiana was denied life-saving surgery to repair a blocked esophagus (unrelated to the child’s disability) after the parents of the child refused to consent to surgery. The child’s death generated such widespread public discussion that the President directed the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Civil Rights to remind healthcare providers receiving federal funding that Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1…