Legal Opinion
Jensen v. Conrad
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1984No. Nos. 83-1801(L), 83-1936PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Circuit Judge:
Sylvia Brown, age seven months, and Michael Clark, age three years, died in the summer of 1979 after suffering brutal beatings at the hands of their guardians. Their estates, along with the estates of four othér battered children, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Commissioner of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, members of’ the State Board of the Department of Social Services, members of the board of the Richland and Anderson County Departments of Social Services, and various state employed case workers. The plaintiffs alleged that the…
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