Olmstead and Olmstead-related Lawsuits

Terence Ng, Alice Wong and Charlene Harrington
UCSF National Center for Personal Assistance Services

Last updated April 2012

Olmstead and Olmstead-related Lawsuits
State	Lawsuit Summary Titleⁱ	Date Filed	Case Status	Primary Target Group	Case Type Olmstead^e or Related^f	Class Action	US DOJ participate	Type of DOJ participation	Case Summary & Links to Further Detailsⁱⁱⁱ	Laws invoked
Alabama (AL1¹)	Wyatt v. Sawyer * CV-70-3195	1970	Settlement (2003)	MR/DD, Mental Illness	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress
Alabama (AL2²³²³)	Susan J et al v. Riley et al 00-CV-918	2000	Settlement	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid US Constitution
Alabama (AL3⁴⁵)	Boyd v. Herrmann-Steckel Case No.: 2:10-cv-688-MEF-TFM	2010	Open	Physical Disability	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA
Alaska (AK1²)	Hagen v. Alaska	1999	Defendant win (2002)	Physical Disability	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Alaska (AK2³)	Carpenter et al v. AK Dept of Health & Social Services	2001	Defendant win (2002)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA US Constitution
Arizona (AZ1²³²⁶)	Ball et al v. Biedess et al 00-cv-67	2000	Plaintiff win (2005)	HCBS	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA Medicaid - SSA
Arkansas (AR1²³¹⁶²⁴)	Pediatric Specialty Care, Inc et al v. AR Dept of Human Services et al	2001	Open	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Arkansas (AR2³)	Tessa G v. AR Dept of Human Services et al 03cv493	2003	Settlement (2003)	HCBS	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid US Constitution
Arkansas (AR3³²⁵)	Porter & Norman v. Knickreim 03-CV-812	2003	Defendant win (2006)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	US Constitution State
Arkansas (AR4⁴⁶)	U.S. v. Arkansas - 10-CV-327	2010	Defendant win (2011)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	Yes	US party	Summary & progress	ADA
Arkansas (AR5⁴⁶)	U.S. v. Arkansas - 4:09-CV-00033	2009	Defendant win (2011)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	Yes	US party	Summary & progress	ADA IDEA US Constitution
California (CA1⁸)	Sobky v. Smoley	1991	Plaintiff win (1994)	HIV/other	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress
California (CA2²¹¹)	Coffelt v. Dept of Developmental Services	1990	Settlement (1994)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress
California (CA3²)	Richard S et al v. Dept of Developmental Services	1997	Settlement (2000)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA
California (CA4²)	Hale "Buttercup" v. Belshe	1997	Defendant win	HCBS	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA NHRA/OBRA Medicaid
California (CA5²¹⁶)	Emily Q. v. Bonta	1998	Plaintiff win	Children	Related	No	No		Summary & progress
California (CA6²)	Black v. Dept of Mental Health	1998	Defendant win (2000)	Mental Illness	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA
California (CA7³²³)	Sanchez et al v. Johnson et al 00cv01593	2000	Defendant win (2005)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA
California (CA8²³²³)	Davis et al.v. CA Health and Human Services Agency et al	2000	Settlement (2004)	HCBS	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid CRIPA
California (CA9²²³)	Capitol People First et al v. CA Dept of Developmental Services et al.	2002	Settlement (2009)	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA US Constitution State State constitution
California (CA10²⁷²⁷)	Rodde et al. v. Bonta et al 03-01580	2003	Settlement (2004)	Physical Disability	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA
California (CA11³⁷)	Mark Chambers et al. v. City and County of San Francisco	2006	Settlement (2008)	Physical Disability	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress
California (CA12³⁸)	Katie A., etc., et al., v. Diana Bontá, etc., et al. [CV-02-05662 AHM]	2002	Settlement	Mental Illness	Related	Yes	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid State constitution EPSDT 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution
California (CA13 ³⁹⁴⁵)	Napper v. County of Sacramento 10-CV-01119	2010	Settlement (2011)	Mental Illness	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA
California (CA14³⁴⁵)	Oster et al. v. Wagner, et al.09-17581	2009	Open	Olmstead	Physical Disability	Yes	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA U.S. Constitution
California (CA15⁴⁵)	Darling et al. v. Douglas, [C-09--3798 SBA]	2009	Settlement (2011)	Physical Disability	Olmstead	Yes	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA
California (CA16⁴⁵)	Cota v. Maxwell-Jolly 09-3798	2010	Open	Physical Disability	Olmstead	Yes	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA
Colorado (CO1¹⁷)	Duc Van Le v. Ibarra	1989	Plaintiff win (1993)	Mental Illness	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	RSA
Colorado (CO2²³²³)	Mandy R et al v. Owens et al * 00cv01609	2000	Open	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA Medicaid US Constitution
Connecticut (CT1³)	DeSario v. Thomas *	1997	Settlement (1998)	Physical Disability	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress
Connecticut (CT2³²³)	Arc of CT et al v. O'Meara & Wilson-Coker 01-cv-1871	2001	Settlement (2005)	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid State
Connecticut (CT3²)	Carroll v. Wilson-Coker	2001	Open	Physical Disability	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Connecticut (CT4³)	Pragano et al v. Wilson-Coker 02-cv-1968	2002	Settlement (2003)	n/a	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid/SSA
Connecticut (CT5¹¹²⁸⁴¹⁴²⁴³)	Messier v. Southbury Training School 94-CV-1706	1994	Settlement (2010)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress
Connecticut (CT6³⁶³⁹⁴⁵)	Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy v. CT 06-CV-00179	2006	Open	Mental Illness	Olmstead	Yes	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA
Delaware (DE1³⁴⁶)	US v Delaware	2009	Settlement (2011)	Mental Illness	Olmstead	No	Yes	US party	Summary & progress	ADA RSA
Delaware (DE2²)	Doe v. Sylvester	2000	Defendant win (2001)	Mental Illness	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA RSA
Delaware (DE3²³)	Arc of Delaware et al v. Meconi et al * 02-cv-255	2002	Settlement (2004)	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA US Constitution
Florida (FL1³)	John/Jane Doe v. Bush et al (originally Doe v. Chiles et al) * 965144	1992	Plaintiff win (1998)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Florida (FL2³²³)	Brown et al v. Bush et al. 98cv673	1998	Open	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA RSA Medicaid US Constitution
Florida (FL3³)	Wolf Prado-Steiman v. Bush. et al 98cv06496	1998	Settlement (2001)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA US Constitution
Florida (FL4³²³)	Dubois et al v. Rhonda Meadows et al 03-CV-107	2003	Settlement (2007)	TBI/SCI	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Florida (FL5¹⁸)	Cummings v. Dept of Community Health	2003	Open	Mental Illness	Related	No	No		Summary & progress
Florida (FL6⁴⁵)	Haddad v. Arnold Case No: 3:10-CV414-J-00 MMH-TEM	2010	Settlement (2010)	Physical Disability	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA
Florida (FL7³⁹⁴⁵)	Cruz et al. v. Dudek 10-CV-23048	2010	Open	Physical Disability	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA
Florida (FL8³⁹⁴⁵)	Lee v. Dudek 08-CV-26	2008	Open	Physical Disability	Olmstead	Yes	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA RSA
Florida (FL9³⁹)	Dykes v. Dudek 11-CV-0116	2011	Open	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress
Florida (FL10⁴⁵)	Jones v. Arnold 09-CV-1170	2010	Defendant win	Physical Disability	Olmstead	Yes	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress
Florida (FL11⁴⁵)	Long v. Benson 08-16261	2008	Plaintiff win	Physical Disability	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA RSA
Florida (FL12)	unknown	2012	Open	Olmstead	Medically fragile children	Unknown	No		Summary & progress
Georgia (GA1³)	Olmstead v. L.C. & E.W. * 98-536	1995	Plaintiff win (1999)	MR/DD, mental illness	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA
Georgia (GA2³)	Birdsong et al v. Perdue et al 03-cv-288	2003	Settlement	Physical Disability	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Georgia (GA3⁴⁶)	U.S. Department of Justice v. State of Georgia Civil Action No. 1:10-CV-249-CAP	2010	Settlement (2010)	MR/DD, mental illness	Olmstead	No	Yes	US party	Summary & progress	ADA Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
Georgia (GA4⁴⁵)	Knipp v. Perdue 10-CV-2850	2010	Open	Mental Illness	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Guam (GU1²)	J.C. v. Gutierrez	2001	Plaintiff win (2004)	MR/DD, mental illness	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA RSA US Constitution
Hawaii (HI1³²³)	Makin et al v. State of HI* 98cv997	1998	Settlement (1999)	HCBS	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Hawaii (HI2³ ²⁹)	Disability Rights Center v. State of HI et al 03-00524	2003	Plaintiff win (2005)	HCBS	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Illinois (IL1⁸)	McMillan v. McCrimon	1992	Plaintiff win (1992)	HCBS	Related	No	No		Summary & progress
Illinois (IL2¹¹)	Bogard v. Duffy	1988	Settlement (1998)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress
Illinois (IL3⁷)	Tinder v. IL Dept of Public Aid	2000	Plaintiff win (2004)	Physical Disability, MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress
Illinois (IL4²³)	Bruggeman et al. v. Blagojevich et al (formerly Boudreau v. Ryan). * 00-cv-5*2	2000	Plaintiff win (2004)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA US Constitution
Illinois (IL5²²³⁰)	Radaszewski v. Garner 01-CV-9551	2000	Open	HIV/other	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA RSA US Constitution
Illinois (IL6³²³)	Jackson et al. v. Maram 04-0174	2004	Open	Physical Disability	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA NHRA/OBRA
Illinois (IL7³)	Drzewicki v. Maram et al 04-CV-7164	2004	Settlement	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress
Illinois (IL8³ )	Bertrand et al v. Maram et al 05-0544	2005	Open	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid/SSA
Illinois (IL9³³¹⁴⁵)	Ligas et al v. Hamos et al 05-CV-4331	2005	Settlement (2011)	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA, RSA, Medicaid SSA
Illinois (IL10³⁵³⁹⁴⁵)	Williams v. Quinn 1:05-cv-4673	2005	Settlement (2010)	Mental Illness	Olmstead	Yes	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA RSA
Illinois (IL11³⁹)	Colbert v. Quinn 07-CV-04737	2011	Settlement (2011)	Physical Disability	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA, Social Security Act, Nursing Home Reform Act
Illinois (IL12³⁹⁴⁵)	Hampe v. Hamos 10-CV-3121	2010	Open	Medically fragile young adults	Olmstead	Yes	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA, RSA
Indiana (IN1²³)	Inch et al v. Humphrey & Griffin (also known as Flores v. Hamilton*)	2000	Settlement (2004)	Physical Disability	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Indiana (IN2³)	Name of case not known*(p.27)	2000	Settlement (2004)	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress
Indiana (IN3³¹⁶)	Collins et al v. Hamilton et al 02-*35	2001	Plaintiff win (2003)	Mental Illness	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Iowa (IA)	No cases found
Idaho (ID)	No cases found
Kansas (KS1³²³)	Interhab, Inc et al v. Schalansky et al 02c001335	2002	Open	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid US constitution State State constitution
Kentucky (KY1³)	Doe v. KY Cabinet for Human Services 92-351	1982	Settlement (1993)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	NHRA/OBRA
Kentucky (KY2²)	Jeremy & Darvin, J et al v. Morse et al.	1996	Settlement	Children	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Kentucky (KY3²³²³)	Michelle P et al v. Morgan et al 02-CV-00023	2002	Settlement (2006)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA
Kentucky (KY4²³²³)	Kerr et al v. Holsinger et al 03-68	2003	Settlement (2004)	HCBS	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid US Constitution
Louisiana (LA1² ¹⁶)	Chisholm et al v. Hood	1997	Settlement (2000)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Louisiana (LA2³²³)	Barthelemey vs. LA Dept of Health & Hospitals 00cv01083	2000	Settlement (2001)	HCBS	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA RSA
Louisiana (LA3²³)	Malen v. Hood	2000	Settlement	Children	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Louisiana (LA4³⁹⁴⁵)	Pitts et al. v. Greenstein 10-CV-00635	2010	Settlement (2012)	Physical Disability	Olmstead	Yes	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA RSA
Maine (ME1²³)	Risinger et al v. Concannon et al 00-116-B-C	2000	Settlement (2002)	Children	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Maine (ME2³)	Rancourt et al v. ME Dept of Human Services et al 01cv00159	2001	Settlement (2003)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Maine (ME3³⁹)	Van Meter et al v. Harvey 09-CV-00633	2009	Open	Physical Disability	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid Nursing Home Reform Act ADA RSA Social Security Act
Maryland (MD1³)	Williams et al v. Wasserman et al * CCB-94-880	1994	Defendant win (2001)	TBI/SCI	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA US Constitution
Massachusetts (MA1²³²¹²³)	Rolland et al v. Romney et al 021697	1998	Settlement (2000)	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid NHRA/OBRA
Massachusetts (MA2²³)	Hermanson et al. v. Commonwealth of MA et al 00-cv-30156	2001	Settlement (2003)	Physical Disability	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA
Massachusetts (MA3³)	Boulet et al. vs. Celluci et al.	1999	Settlement (2000)	HCBS	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Massachusetts (MA5²)	Rosie D. v. Swift	2001	Open	Mental Illness	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Massachusetts (MA6²)	Garcia v. Warring 01-9078	2002	Plaintiff win	Mental illness	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA RSA
Michigan (MI1²³)	Olesky et al v. Haveman et al	1999	Settlement	MR/DD, mental illness	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA NHRA/OBRA State
Michigan (MI2²³)	Eager et al vs. Granholm et al 5-02-00044-DWM	2002	Settlement (2004)	HCBS	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Minnesota (MN1²³)	Ferrick v. O	2001	Open	HCBS	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Minnesota (MN2³²³)	Assoc. for Residential Resources in MN et al v. Goodno et al 03-cv-2438	2003	Settlement (2004)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Minnesota (MN3³)	Masterman et al v. Goodno 03cv29*	2003	Settlement (2004)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA Medicaid
Minnesota (MN4)	Jensen et al vs. Minnesota 09-CV-1775	2009	Settlement (2011)	Olmstead	MR/DD	Yes	No		Summary & progress	US Constitution RSA Consitution of Minnesota ADA Minnesota Human Rights Act
Mississippi (MS1²)	Blackmon v. MS Dept of Mental Health	1997	Defendant win	Mental Illness	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA US Constitution
Mississippi (MS2³)	Billy A & MS Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities v. Lewis-Payton et al 02cv00475	2002	Settlement (2005)	HCBS	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA Medicaid
Mississippi (MS3³⁴⁵)	J.B. v. Barbour 10-CV-00153	2010	Open	Children, Mental illness	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	EPSDT mandate of Title XIX of the Social Security Act ADA, RSA
Missouri (MO1³⁹⁴⁵)	Hiltibran v. Levy 10-CV-4185	2010	Open	Physical Disability	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA
Montana (MT1²³²³)	Travis D vs. Eastmont Human Services Center	1996	Settlement (2004)	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA
Montana (MT2³)	Sandy L et al v. Martz et al	2002	Settlement (2004)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress
Nebraska (NE1³)	Bill M et al v. Dept of Health & Human Services et al 03-cv-03189	2003	Open	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid RSA State
Nevada (NV1²)	Parry v. Crowford 96-778	1998	Plaintiff win (1999)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Nevada (NV2²)	Allen et al v. Crawford et al CV-S-01590-KJD	2000	Settlement (2002)	HCBS	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
New Hampshire (NH1²³²³)	Bryson et al vs. Shumway & Fox 99-cv-558	1999	Defendant win	TBI/SCI	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA RSA Medicaid US constitution
New Hampshire (NH2²)	Gagnon v. Shumway	2000	Settlement	Mental Illness	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA
New Hampshire (NH3²³)	Cuming et al vs. Shaheen et al.	2002	Defendant win (2003)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA US Constitution State
New Hampshire (NH4)	Lynn E. vs. Lynch	2012	Open	Olmstead	Mental Illness	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA RSA NHRA
New Jersey (NJ1²)	NJ P&A Inc v. Waldman et al	1998	Settlement	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA US Constitution
New Jersey (NJ2²²³³²)	NJ P&A v. Davey 05-1784	2005	Settlement (2009)	Mental illness	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA RSA State US Constitution
New Jersey (NJ3³ ³²⁴⁵)	NJ P&A v. Davey	2005	Open	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA
New Jersey (NJ4³⁹⁴⁵)	Disability Rights New Jersey, Inc. v. Velez 05-CV-4723	2008	Open	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA RSA
New Mexico (NM1² ¹¹ ²¹)	Jackson v. Fort Stanton Hospital & Training School	1990	Settlement (1992)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid US Constitution
New Mexico (NM2²³ )	Lewis et al. v. NM Dept of Health et al. * 99-00021	1999	Plaintiff win (2005)	HCBS	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
New York (NY1¹¹ ²¹)	Rodriguez v. City of NY	1997	Defendant win (1999)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No			ADA
New York (NY2¹¹¹⁴)	Sanon v. Wing	1997	Plaintiff win (2000)	HCBS	Related	No	No		Summary & progress
New York (NY3²)	Bernard v. Novello	2000	Settlement	n/a	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid US Constitution State
New York (NY4⁵)	Henrietta v. Bloomberg 009238	1995	Plaintiff win (2004)	HIV/other	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress
New York (NY5³³⁹⁴⁶)	Disability Advocates, Inc. v. Paterson 03-CV03209	2003	Open	Mental Illness	Olmstead	Yes	Yes	US party	Summary & progress	ADA RSA
New York (NY6³²³)	William G et al v. Pataki et al 03-cv-08331	2003	Open	Mental illness	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA RSA
New York (NY7³⁹)	A.M. et al v. Mattingly 10-CV-02181	2010	Open	Children, Mental illness	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA US Constitution New York Consttution
New York (NY8³⁹)	Edwin T., et al., v. Carpinello, et al. [06-CV-01042]	2006	Settlement (2011)	Mental illness	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA RSA Nursing Home Reform Act
North Carolina (NC2¹¹)	Clinton, L., et al v. Cansler, et al	2010	Open	Physical Disability	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA, RSA
North Carolina (NC3³⁹⁴⁵)	Thomas S. v. Flaherty *	1982	Plaintiff win (1990)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	US Constitution
North Carolina (NC4)	Marlo M. v. Cansler 09-CV-535	2009	Plaintiff win (2010)	MR/DD, Mental illness	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA, RSA
North Carolina (NC3)	L.S., et al. v. Delia, et al. 5:11-CV-354FL	2011	Open	Olmstead	Physical Disability	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Title XIX of the Social Security Act
North Dakota (ND)	No cases found
Ohio (OH1²³²³)	Martin et al v. Taft et al 89cv0362	1989	Open	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid/SSA
Ohio (OH2³)	Nickolaus Thompson & OH Provider Resource Association et al v. Hayes et al	2003	Defendant win (2003)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Oklahoma (OK1²³²³)	Fisher et al v. Oklahoma Health Care Authority et al 02-cv-762	2002	Settlement (2003)	Physical Disability	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA Medicaid
Oregon (OR1²³)	Staley et al v. Kulongoski et al 00cv00078	2000	Settlement (2000)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA Medicaid US Constitution
Oregon (OR2²²³)	Miranda B et al v. Kulongoski et al * CV-00-01753	2000	Settlement (2004)	Mental Illness	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA US Constitution
Oregon (OR3³)	Watson et al v. Weeks et al 03-227	2003	Open	HCBS	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Pennsylvania (PA1¹⁹²¹)	Easley v. Snider * 9408*	1992	Defendant win (1994)	HCBS	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA
Pennsylvania (PA2¹¹)	Nelson v. Snider	1991	Plaintiff win (1994)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress
Pennsylvania (PA3³)	Helen L v. Dedario*	1992	Plaintiff win (1995)	Mental Illness	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA
Pennsylvania (PA4²¹³)	Greist v. Norristown State Hospital	1996	Defendant win (1997)	Mental illness	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA
Pennsylvania (PA5³)	Charles Q v. Houston*	1994	Plaintiff win (1997)	MR/DD, Mental Illness	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA
Pennsylvania (PA6²)	Kathleen S v. Dept of Public Welfare * 97-cv-6610	1998	Settlement	Mental illness	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA
Pennsylvania (PA7³)	Elizabeth M et al v. Houston	1999	N/A	HCBS	n/aⁱⁱ	Yes	No		Summary & progress
Pennsylvania (PA8³)	Gross v. Houston	1999	Settlement	HCBS	n/aⁱⁱ	No	No		Summary & progress
Pennsylvania (PA9²²¹)	Richard C. v. Houstoun 89-20883	1989	Plaintiff win (2000)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA
Pennsylvania (PA10³²³)	PA P&A v. Dept of Public Welfare et al CV-00-1582	2000	Settlement	Mental illness	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA
Pennsylvania (PA11²³)	Delong et al vs. Houston	2000	Settlement (2002)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Pennsylvania (PA12³²³)	Frederick L et al v. Dept of Public Welfare et al. * 00-CV-4510	2001	Settlement	Mental illness	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA
Pennsylvania (PA13³)	Network for Quality MR Services in PA v. Dept of Public Welfare	2002	Defendant win (2003)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid State State constitution
Pennsylvania (PA14²³)	Sabree et al v. Richman * 02-CV-03426	2002	Settlement (2005)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Pennsylvania (PA15³⁹⁴⁵)	Benjamin et al. v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Welfare 09-CV-1182	2009	Settlement (2011)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA, RSA
Pennsylvania (PA16³⁹)	Mumford, et al. v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Welfare 09-CV-1182	2011	Open	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA Social Security Act
Pennsylvania (PA17⁴⁴)	Jimmie et al. v. D ept. of Public Welfare 09-CV-1112	2009	Settlement (2010)	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
Rhode Island (RI1⁸)	King v. Sullivan	1986	Defendant win (1991)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress
Rhode Island (RI2⁸)	King v. Fallon	1989	Defendant win (1992)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress
South Carolina (SC1³⁹)	Hickey v. Forkner 10-CV-02696	2010	Plaintiff win (2011)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress
South Carolina (SC2³⁹)	Peter B. v. Sanford 10-CV-00767	2010	Plaintiff win (2011)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA
South Dakota (SD)	No cases found
Tennessee (TN1⁷⁴⁰)	People First of TN v. Arlington Developmental Center	1991	Plaintiff win	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress
Tennessee (TN2³)	USA v. State of TN 92-2062D/A	1992	Settlement (1999)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress
Tennessee (TN3⁷)	People First of TN v. Clover Bottom	1995	Settlement (1996)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress
Tennessee (TN4³²³)	Newberry et al v. Goetz et al	1998	Settlement (2003)	HCBS	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid/SSA
Tennessee (TN5³²³)	Brown et al v. TN Dept of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities 00cv00665	2000	Settlement (2004)	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Tennessee (TN6³)	Rukeyser & People First of TN v. Neal et al 01cv00272	2001	Settlement (2004)	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA, IDEA Medicaid US constitution
Tennessee (TN7⁴⁵)	John B. v. Emkes 3-98-CV-0168	1998	Settlement (2011)	Children	Related	Yes	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	EPSDT
Texas (TX1³¹⁶)	Frew et al v. Hawkins et al 02-628	1993	Settlement (2004)	Children	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid
Texas (TX2²)	Doe & Doe v. Hall	1998	Plaintiff win (1999)	Mental Illness	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid US Constitution State
Texas (TX3²)	Charles M v. Hale	1998	Settlement	HCBS	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Texas (TX4²)	Alberto N et al v. Don A. Gilbert	1999	Settlement (2002)	HCBS	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Texas (TX5³)	Private Providers Association of TX v. TX Health & Human Services Commission et al	2002	Open	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress
Texas (TX6²³²³)	McCarthy et al v. Hawkins et al 03-CV-231	2002	Open	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA Medicaid US Constitution
Texas (UT1²³)	Steward et al v. Perry 10-CV-01025	2010	Open	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA RSA
Utah (UT2²³)	M.A.C. v. Betit	2002	Open	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA Medicaid
Vermont (VT)	No cases found
Virginia (VA1³)	Quibuyen v. Allen & Smith	2000	Defendant win (2001)	HCBS	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Virginia (VA2²³³)	Virginia Office of Protection & Advocacy v. Brice Enterprises	2004	Settlement (2005)	MR/DD, mental illness	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	State
Virginia (VA3 ³⁹⁴⁵)	Arc of Virginia, Inc. v. Kaine 09-CV-686	2009	Defendant win (2009)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress
Virginia (VA4)	US v. Virginia	2012	Settlement (2012)	Olmstead	MR/DD	No	Yes	Complaint	Summary & progress	ADA
Washington (WA1¹⁷)	Bosteder v. Soliz	1990	Plaintiff win (1994)	Mental Illness	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA
Washington (WA2²)	Allen et al. v. WA State Hospital	1999	Plaintiff win (1999)	MR/DD, mental illness	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA
Washington (WA3³²³)	The Arc of WA State et al v. Quasim 99-CV-5577	1999	Settlement (2007)	MR/DD	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Washington (WA4²³²³)	Townsend v. Quasim * 00-cv-00944	2000	Settlement (2004)	Physical Disability	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid/SSA
Washington (WA5²)	Rust v. WA State Hospital	2000	Plaintiff win (2001)	Mental Illness	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA US Constitution State
Washington (WA6³)	Boyle v. Braddock 01cv5687	2001	Settlement (2010)	MR/DD	Related	No	No		Summary & progress	Medicaid Us Constitution
Washington (WA7²)	Marr et al v. Eastern State Hospital et al	2001	Settlement (2002)	MR/DD, mental illness	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA US constitution State
Washington (WA8³⁹⁴⁵)	M.R. et al v. Dreyfus 10-CV-02052	2010	Open	Physical disability	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA, RSA
Washington (WA9³⁹)	T.R. et al. v. Dreyfus	2009	Open	Children, Mental illness	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA, RSA
District of Columbia (DC1² ⁴⁴)	Evans & US v. Fenty 76-CV-00293	1976	Settlement (2001)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress
District of Columbia (DC3⁴⁵)	Day v. District of Columbia 10-CV-02250	2010	Open	Physical Disability	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress
District of Columbia (DC1⁴⁵)	Dey et al. v. District of Columbia, et al. 10-CV-02250-ESH	2010	Open	Physical Disability	Olmstead	No	Yes	Support brief	Summary & progress	ADA RSA
West Virginia (WV1¹¹)	Medley v. Ginsberg	1979	Settlement (1981)	MR/DD	Related	Yes	No		Summary & progress
West Virginia (WV2³²³)	Benjamin H et al v. Ohl * 99-0338	1999	Plaintiff win (2002)	MR/DD	Olmstead	Yes	No		Summary & progress	ADA Medicaid
Wisconsin (WI1²³)	Nelson et al v. Milwaukee County et al	2004	Open	Physical Disability	Olmstead	No	No		Summary & progress
Wyoming (WY1¹¹³⁴)	Chris S. v. Geringer 94-CV-311	1994	Settlement (1995)	Mental Illness	Related	No	No		Summary & progress

Key Trends shown by the table

The total number of (reported) cases is 184.
The states with the most (reported) lawsuits is California (19).
There have been 96 'Olmstead' lawsuits.
There was 1 'Olmstead' lawsuit from Guam.
There have been 87 'Related' cases to Olmstead (including 2 n/a)
California and Florida have the most 'Olmstead' lawsuits (9 each).
There are 5 states in which no reported lawsuits have been found (IA, ID, ND, SD, VT).
By 2011, 26 states had published Olmstead plans and 18 states had developed alternative responses to Olmstead. Seven states (DC, FL, ID, NM, RI, SD, TN) have neither an Olmstead plan or an alternative response to Olmstead.

Olmstead and Olmstead-related Lawsuits

Terence Ng, Alice Wong and Charlene Harrington UCSF National Center for Personal Assistance Services

Last updated April 2012

Key Trends shown by the table

Terence Ng, Alice Wong and Charlene Harrington
UCSF National Center for Personal Assistance Services