Legal Opinion
White v. Rochford
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 13, 1979No. 77-2125PublishedCited by 193 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
The issue presented by this case is whether police officers may, with constitutional impunity, abandon children and leave thpm in health-endangering situations after having arrested their custodian and thereby deprived them of adult protection. We hold that they may not, and accordingly, we reverse the district court’s dismissal of a complaint alleging such facts and remand for trial.
I
This case arises from the district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss the complaint. Accordingly, we must accept the allegations of the complaint as true in order to determine whether a…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Ingraham v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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