Legal Opinion
Doe v. New York City Department of Social Services
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 24, 1987No. 86 Civ. 4011 (MJL)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
LOWE, District Judge.
This case is about the substantive due process rights of children whose family is the City of New York because their parents either aren’t permitted to continue custody or voluntarily surrender it. The children involved in this lawsuit are repeatedly kept in city offices during the day, don’t know where they will sleep at night and carry their possessions from place to place in plastic garbage bags. The central legal question for this court’s decision is whether the city can constitutionally maintain such a system of overnight foster care…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Winston v. DELAWARE CTY. CHILDREN & YOUTH SERVICESDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1990
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