Legal Opinion
Fanning v. Montgomery County Children & Youth Services
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 29, 1988No. Civ. A. 88-3729PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Jack and Carol Fanning, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1985 alleging that the defendants, Kevin Mason and Montgomery County Children and Youth Services (“CYS”), maliciously, negligently, and recklessly removed the Fanning’s child, Nancy Fanning, from the Fanning home. In particular, plaintiffs allege that the defendants’ decision to remove Nancy from her parents’ custody pri- or to court proceedings as well as their failure to investigate adequately charges of child abuse prior to the initiation of such proceedings deprived the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Patterson v. Armstrong County Children and Youth ServicesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2001
- MS. B. v. Montgomery County Emergency Service, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1992
- City of Philadelphia v. Fraternal Order of PoliceCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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