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A civil rights lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against regulators a decade ago has finally gone to trial, and the judge looks set to remove 140 children from nursing homes in Broward and Pinellas.

The 10-year-old case surrounds a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department after the agency accused Florida of unnecessarily institutionalizing children with disabilities in nursing homes.

An administrative law judge is considering a challenge to the Florida Department of Health involving the eligibility of children for a state program...