Harrington v. DeVito

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1981-08-10

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PELL, Circuit Judge. Plaintiffs-appellees, pretrial detainees in need of mental health care, sued Illinois and Cook County officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the defendants failed to provide necessary mental health care in the Cook County Department of Corrections. The parties negotiated for several years under court supervision to resolve the acknowledged mental health care de…

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