Legal Opinion
Robert W. Phillips v. James Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 24, 1983No. 82-2372PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.
In December, 1979, several hundred higher functioning but mentally retarded adults, under a program of the State of Illinois, were living at and cared for at the North Aurora Center (hereinafter the Center). The Center was a privately owned and operated facility for the mentally retarded. On December 15, the Center closed its doors, giving only 24 hours notice of its intent to do so. Representatives of the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (hereinafter DMHDD) thereupon directed these State-sponsored residents to pack their…
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- Thomas S. v. MorrowCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
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