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· 4/22/1997

Williams v. Ohio Department of Mental Health

Citations

  • 960 F. Supp. 1276
  • 7 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1162
  • 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5429
  • 1997 WL 202908

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that a “number of other courts” have found that Congress abrogated the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity when it enacted the ADA and holding likewise
  • while mentally retarded may not be suspect class entitled to heightened scrutiny, the Supreme Court has clearly recognized that the mentally retarded are entitled to constitutional protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Judges: Sargus

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