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PHILLIPS v. THOMPSON

No. 82-2372.

715 F.2d 365 (1983)

Robert W. PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James THOMPSON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Kane, Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., Aurora, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert John Connor, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before PELL and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

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...

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