Legal Opinion
Susan and Reggie Griffith v. Marlin Johnston, Individually and as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1990No. 88-7008PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Eighteen adopted children and their twelve adoptive parents filed this civil rights action against the Texas Department of Human Services (“TDHS”), alleging that Texas’ administration of its adoption program for “Hard-to-Place” children violated their constitutional rights to Due Process and Equal Protection. These complainants also raised several claims under the Adoption Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. § 673. Concluding that the litigants failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, the district court dismissed the constitutional allegations without…
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