July 28, 2010
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Ruling on Communications With
Williams Class Members
On July 28, 2010, federal judge William Hart issued comments on the lawsuit against for-profit nursing home operators. The nursing home operators were alleged to
have used scare tactics to persuade psychiatric patients to stay in the facilities instead of moving into supportive community housing. The nursing home operators
recently distributed "information sheets" to Institutions for Mental Diseases residents and their families, which Judge Hart ordered the facilities stop distributing.

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