Legal Opinion
Josephina Duchesne as Administratrix of the Estate of Pauline Perez v. Jule M. Sugarman
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 8, 1977No. 894, Docket 76-7475PublishedCited by 364 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLUMENFELD, District Judge:
This is a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking money damages. The gravamen of the claim is the allegedly unlawful and unconstitutional assumption and retention of the custody of two minor children without their mother’s consent and without benefit of a hearing or court order. The action was initiated in August 1972 by Pauline Perez on behalf of herself and her two minor children. Named as defendants were four supervisory-level municipal welfare employees and two private child-caring institutions.
A jury trial was commenced in the United…
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