Legal Opinion
Chrissy F., by Her Next Friend and Guardian Ad Litem Donna Medley v. Mississippi Department of Public Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1991No. 90-1332PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
An eight-year-old child seeks injunctive and declaratory relief against two judges, a state district attorney, and various state and county welfare departments and their employees, as well as damages from the district attorney and the welfare department employees, alleging that each of them in various ways failed to report, investigate, or take any action in response to repeated reports that she had been sexually abused by her father. All of the defendants appeal the district court’s denial of their motions to dismiss, and the district attorney also appeals…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by118 opinions
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- Sylvia Ernst, in No. 93-1929 v. Child and Youth Services of Chester County Carol Schravazande Arden Olson Wayne Stevenson Rita Borzillo the Judiciary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Sylvia Ernst, Administrator of the Estate of Susanne Ernst, for Susanne Ernst. (Amended as Per the Court's 5/31/96 Order). Sylvia Ernst v. Child and Youth Services of Chester County Carol Schravazande Arden Olson, Wayne Stevenson Rita Borzillo the Judiciary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Sylvia Ernst, Administrator of the Estate of Susanne Ernst, for Susanne Ernst. Rita K. Borzillo, in No. 93-1930. (Amended as Per the Court's 5/31/96 Order). Sylvia Ernst v. Child and Youth Services of Chester County Carol Shravazande Arden Olson, Wayne Stevenson Rita Borzillo the Judiciary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Sylvia Ernst, Administrator of the Estate of Susanne Ernst, for Susanne Ernst. Rita K. Borzillo, Esq., (Amended as Per the Court's 5/31/96 Order)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Acierno v. CloutierCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
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