Legal Opinion
Gail Sylvander v. New England Home for Little Wanderers
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 29, 1978No. 78-1081, 78-1082PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Gail Sylvander appeals from a judgment of the district court dismissing both her civil rights complaint brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and her habeas corpus petition brought under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2254. Ms. Sylvander sued in the federal district court after the Massachusetts state courts had ruled against her in a dispute over the right of the New England Home for Little Wanderers, a state-licensed, privately-run charitable organization, to place her child for adoption without her consent. In re New England Home for Little Wanderers, 367 Mass. 631, 328…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Hicks v. MirandaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by40 opinions
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