Child v. Beame

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

This is a class action for declaratory and injunctive relief and damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C., sections 1983, 1985 and 1986, and 28 U.S.C., sections 2201 and 2202, to redress rights guaranteed by the First, Eighth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments and Title IV of the Social Security Act. Jurisdiction is grounded upon 28 U.S.C., sections 1331(a), 1343(3) and (4).

The action was commenced by five plaintiffs, children between the ages of eleven and fourteen, all of whom are described by the surname “Child” (admittedly fictitious), on their own behalf and on…