AMUNDSON v. WISCONSIN DEPT. OF HEALTH SERVICES

No. 13-1351.

721 F.3d 871 (2013)

Michael AMUNDSON, by his guardians Ella and Richard AMUNDSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Theine Pledl (argued), Pledl & Cohn, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Clayton P. Kawski (argued), Bruce A. Olsen , Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Diane M. Welsh (argued), Von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Madison, WI, Andrew T. Phillips (argued), Phillips & Borowski, S.C., Mequon, WI, Beth J. Kushner , Von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Mitchell Hagopian , Attorney, Disability Rights Wisconsin, Madison, WI, for Amicus Curiae.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

In 2011 the State of Wisconsin decided to save money by reducing the subsidies for the Wisconsin Care Program, which among other things funds disabled persons who live in group homes. (Wisconsin makes block grants to organizations such as Community Health Partnership, Inc., which administer the programs. Although these intermediaries are responsible for many choices about how to allocate available funds, we simplify this opinion by assuming...

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