Legal Opinion

Howard v. Malac

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided July 1, 2003No. CIV.A. 02-12106-WGYPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

The instant case involves a family’s allegations against a host of defendants, including numerous Department of Social Service (“DSS”) agents, a visiting nurse, and a foster mother. The allegations stem from DSS’s filing of a number of child abuse reports against the parents, the subsequent investigations and hearings on these abuse charges, the alleged abuse of one of the children by a foster mother into whose care he was placed by DSS, and the alleged cover-up of that abuse by DSS agents and the foster mother.

Three of the defendants in this case—…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 2001
  4. Valerie Watterson v. Eileen PageCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  5. Jorge Correa-Martinez v. Rene Arrillaga-BelendezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Wilmot v. TraceyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2013
  2. Bogard v. FalkenbergDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 2021
  3. MARR EX REL. MARR v. SchofieldDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2004

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