Legal Opinion
Organization of Foster Familes for Equality & Reform v. Dumpson
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 12, 1976No. 74 Civ. 2010PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
The Organization of Foster Families for Equality and Reform (OFFER) and three individual foster families bring this class action for injunctive and declaratory relief seeking the invalidation of New York Social Services Law §§ 383(2) and 400, and N.Y.C. R.R. § 450.14. Plaintiffs allege in their complaint that the above provisions violate both the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment in that they authorize the state to remove-foster children from their foster homes without affording a prior hearing to either foster child or foster…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & ReformSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Jeff Dupuy, Belinda Dupuy, Pilar Berman v. Bryan Samuels, Director, Illinois Department of Children and Family ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Wilder v. BernsteinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Cennami v. Department of Public WelfareMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1977
- Robert George Drummond and Mildred Pauline Drummond v. Fulton County Department of Family and Children's Services, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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