Bazelon web site on Olmstead v. L.C. and subsequent cases

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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

This web site tracks litigation which followed the U.S. Supreme Court's 1999 decision in Olmstead v. L.C., in which in the Court held that the unnecessary segregation of individuals with disabilities in institutions may constitute discrimination based on disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.