Legal Opinion
In Re Nicholson
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 3, 2002No. CV 00-2229, CV 00-5155, CV 00-6885PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM, ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
This is a class action brought primarily on behalf of women who are battered and who, without fault on their part, have their children removed by the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), and on behalf of children so removed. See Nicholson v. Williams, 202 F.R.D. 377 (E.D.N.Y.2001) (memorandum and order certifying class action and dividing class into a subclass A for mothers and a subclass B for children).
The federal court intercedes with regret. It recognizes the enormous strides the State and City…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & ReformSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Quilloin v. WalcottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Tenenbaum v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Josephina Duchesne as Administratrix of the Estate of Pauline Perez v. Jule M. SugarmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Nicholson v. ScoppettaNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
- Nicholson v. ScoppettaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Nicholson v. WilliamsDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2002
- Velez Ex Rel. Velez v. ReynoldsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004
- New York County Lawyers' Ass'n v. StateNew York Supreme Court · 2003
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