Legal Opinion
Rinderer v. Delaware County Children & Youth Services
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 19, 1987No. 85-6496PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
O’NEILL, District Judge.
AND NOW, this 19th day of March, 1987, upon consideration of defendants’ motion for summary judgment, 1 and response thereto, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. As to Delaware County Children and Youth Services, said motion is GRANTED, and the complaint is DISMISSED as to said defendant.
a. As plaintiffs concede, the allegations of the complaint do not state a cause of action against DCCYS under 42 U.S.C. § 1985, or under § 1983 on the basis of respondeat superior, and plaintiffs cannot recover punitive damages against DCCYS.
b. The complaint also fails to state a cause…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Babcock v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1991
- Fanning v. Montgomery County Children & Youth ServicesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
- Coleman v. State of New Jersey Division of Youth & Family ServicesDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2003
- Sergio v. DoeDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
- Miller v. City of PhiladelphiaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1997
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