Legal Opinion
Gottlieb v. County of Orange
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 25, 1995No. 93 Civ. 0466 (CLB)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
BRIEANT, District Judge.
This case involves efforts of Orange County social workers to protect children of the plaintiff parents from abuse alleged by an informant to have occurred, and confirmed by statements of one of the children during an interview at the child’s school. 1 While no action- was ultimately taken against the parents in this instance, this fact cannot be allowed by hindsight to create an inference of improper action in the first instance when the social workers were confronted by a potential emergency.
It is not apparent from the limited record before the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Zinermon v. BurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- James Walker v. The City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Gottlieb v. County of OrangeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1994
3Cited by4 opinions
- Gottlieb v. County of OrangeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Gottlieb v. County Of OrangeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- In Re DaytonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2011
- Dayton v. City of MiddletownDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2011