Legal Opinion
M.D. Ex Rel. Stukenberg v. Perry
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 23, 2012No. 11-40789PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellees, nine children (“Named Plaintiffs”) in the custody of Texas’s Permanent Managing Conservatorship (“PMC”), acting through their next friends, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against three Texas officials, in their official capacities, seeking to represent a class of all children who are now and all those who will be in the State’s PMC, ie., long-term foster care. The Named Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to redress alleged class-wide injuries caused by systemic deficiencies in Texas’s administration of the PMC. The…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- County of Sacramento v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Amchem Products, Inc. v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
23 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by97 opinions
- Victor Parsons v. Charles RyanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
- In Re: Deepwater HorizonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
- Bice v. Louisiana Public Defender BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
- Jones v. GusmanDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2013
- Quinton Brown v. Nucor CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2015
92 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.