Legal Opinion
Ruben Pena v. Edward Mattox, Charles Bretz, Patricia Schneider, and Others Unknown
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 21, 1996No. 95-2053PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This appeal from the dismissal of a complaint for failure to state a claim, and from the denial of a motion for reconsideration and for leave to file an amended complaint, presents two questions. The first is whether a man who becomes a father as a result of his criminal intercourse with a minor has an interest in the child that is protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as a form of liberty. The second (which we shall not have to decide, however) is whether interference by state officials with the filing of a suit under state law violates the…
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