Legal Opinion
White Ex Rel. White v. Chambliss
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1997No. 95-3025, 95-3078, 95-3088PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
Cindy White brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several officials of the South Carolina Department of Social Services (“the DSS defendants”). White claims the DSS defendants violated her substantive and procedural due process rights by removing her children from her custody and violated her daughter Keena’s rights by placing Keena in a home where she died from abuse at the hands of her foster parents. The district court denied the DSS defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and those defendants now appeal.
Keena’s death was a tragic event. It did not,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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3Cited by29 opinions
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