Legal Opinion
Whelehan v. County of Monroe
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 22, 1983No. CIV-81-135B(E)PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
ELFVIN, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
This civil rights litigation concerns events arising from determinations made in 1979 by certain pediatricians that the urine of infant plaintiff Maura Whelehan contained sperm cells. Upon lawful referral of this information to the authorities, various defendants allegedly took measures and conducted themselves in ways which plaintiffs assert deprived them of the due process of the law and resulted in injury to themselves. The jurisdiction of this court is invoked under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3), and under the federal…
2Cases cited61 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by62 opinions
- David Glen Meyers v. Contra Costa County Department of Social Services, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Henry Malachowski and Julia Malachowski v. City of KeeneCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Baez v. HennessyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Morris v. DearborneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Babcock v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1991
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