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BOGARD v. WRIGHT

No. 97-2926.

159 F.3d 1060 (1998)

Frank BOGARD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert WRIGHT, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Aid, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Redleaf (argued), Robert E. Lehrer, Lehrer & Redleaf, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Rita M. Novak, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL; Jeremiah Marsh (argued), John L. Rogers, Claudette P. Miller, Hopkins & Sutter, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

A class consisting of mentally retarded citizens of Illinois who reside in nursing homes sued the state agencies that are responsible for their care. Filed in 1988, the suit complained that the state had violated the federal constitutional and statutory rights of the class members by placing them in nursing homes rather than in less restrictive environments. The suit was resolved by the entry of a consent...

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