Legal Opinion
Nicholson v. Williams
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 18, 2002No. 00-CV-2229, 00-CV-5155, 00-CV-6885PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Supplemental Memorandum, Findings of Fact and Law, and Order
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WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
I. Introduction
The evidence reveals widespread and unnecessary cruelty by agencies of the City of New York towards mothers abused by their consorts, through forced unnecessary separation of the mothers from their children on the excuse that this sundering is necessary to protect the children. The pitiless double abuse of these mothers is not malicious, but is due to benign indifference, bureaucratic inefficiency, and outmoded institutional…
2Cases cited138 opinions
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3Cited by39 opinions
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