The Center's precedent-setting litigation has established important civil rights for people with mental illnesses or developmental disabilities. These include the right to treatment in Wyatt v. Stickney (decided in 1971 and successfully concluded in 1999), and the Supreme Court's 1999 Olmstead v. L.C.
The Center's pioneering legal work has granted significant civil rights to people with mental health conditions or developmental disabilities, such as the right to treatment as recognized in Wyatt v. Stickney (decided in 1971 and resolved in 1999), and the Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C. in 1999.