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Lois Curtis ("L.C.") and Elaine Wilson ("E.W.") from the landmark United States Supreme Court Case, resuling in the "Olmstead Decision." The case was named after the Georgia State Commissioner on Human Resources, Tommy Olmstead.
Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson
Lois Curtis ("L.C.") and Elaine Wilson ("E.W.") were the original plaintiffs in the case which resulted in the "Olmstead Decision." Curtis and Wilson were the original petitioners in a lawsuit against Tommy Olmstead, the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Resources, for failing to place Curtis and Wilson in community-based treatment facilities once treating professionals had determined such appropriate placement.
