Summary Class action concerning people institutionalized in state psychiatric facilities. Court held that institutionalized persons with disabilities are entitled to services that are consistent with professional opinion & where it is assessed as appropriate people are entitled to receive community-based services.

Summary Class action on behalf of Medicaid-eligible children unable to obtain dental services due to a lack of Medicaid-participating dentists.
Progress Complaint upheld. The ruling in this case was one of the first that held that states cannot claim 'sovereign immunity' & that complainants have individually enforceable rights under Medicaid law