Legal Opinion
Juan F. ex rel. Lynch v. Weicker
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 13, 1994No. 822, Docket 93-7714PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
' GEORGE C, PRATT, Circuit Judge:
BACKGROUND
This class action was commenced under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in December 1989. Plaintiffs are neglected or abandoned Connecticut children. Defendants are Connecticut’s Governor and its Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families' (“DCF”). Plaintiffs claimed that the structure and administration of Connecticut’s child-welfare system violated their federal constitutional and statutory rights in many respects.
From the beginning, the parties and the district court have made…
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