Legal Opinion
DeWees v. Stevenson
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 22, 1991No. Civ. A. 91-7017PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WALDMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs seek to enjoin defendants from refusing to consider plaintiffs as adoptive parents for their foster child, Dante Kirby, and from taking him from the foster home on November 23, 1991 to participate in a National Adoption Center event to attempt to find prospective adoptive parents. Plaintiffs allege that defendants have refused to consider plaintiffs’ request to adopt Dante because of their race and in so doing have violated the equal protection and due process guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment. Plaintiffs also seek a declaration that…
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