Legal Opinion
Hao Thi Popp v. Lucas
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 23, 1980PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBogdanski, J.
This controversy arose ont of a nniqne factual context, one which occurs perhaps once in a generation: The separation in wartime of children from their parents. It has given rise to six appeals, all of which stem from the same chain of events starting in Vietnam in the 1970s.
The plaintiff is the mother of two minor children, Mark and Paul, who are the subject of this action. The plaintiff is also the mother of a third son, Larry, bom in 1972'. All three boys are of mixed Vietnamese and Caucasian blood. On September 16, 1976, the plaintiff filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by21 opinions
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