Legal Opinion
McTeague v. Sosnowski
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 25, 1980No. 79-1383PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Federal courts have served as a haven for children and families when well-meaning government authorities injure them in violation of constitutional and statutory rights. Pursuing this long revered tradition Dolores MeTeague sought relief in the federal courts, alleging that her family’s “fundamental rights to family integrity” had been destroyed. The district court dismissed her action, acting under the aegis of a federal statute that provides for the early dismissal of frivolous or malicious in forma pauperis complaints, 28 U.S.C.…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Melvin P. Deutsch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Roosevelt Brandon v. District of Columbia Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Albert Earle Smith-Bey v. Clair A. Cripe, General Counsel, Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Powell v. HooverDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1997
- Richard Harris v. Julius Cuyler, Superintendent, and Edmund J. Gaffney, M.DCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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