Legal Opinion
Alma Society Inc. v. Mellon
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 2, 1978No. 77 Civ. 2527(MP)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
POLLACK, District Judge.
The defendants have moved to dismiss the amended complaint herein or in the alternative to abstain from decision until the statutes are interpreted by the state court. For reasons given hereafter, the suit will be dismissed.
The plaintiffs are adults who were adopted as children and now seek access to their original birth certificates, the Court records in their adoption proceedings, and the records of any private agencies involved in their adoptions.
Various New York statutes require that these records be sealed and that access to them be granted only by Court…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Bradey v. Children's Bureau of SCSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
- Alma Society Inc. v. MellonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- In Re AssaloneSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
- Roger B. v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- Collier v. KraneDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1991
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