Legal Opinion
Walter W. Donald v. Polk County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 13, 1988No. 87-1138PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Dana Donald was taken into protective custody on January 14, 1983 by the Polk County Department of Social Services. Following a probable cause hearing and jury trial finding that Dana had been physically abused, Dana remained in the Department’s custody until June 1, 1986, when she returned to her parents’ custody. Dana, her parents, Walter and Kathryn, and her siblings brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that the defendants — Polk County welfare and law enforcement officers and agencies — violated the Donalds’ constitutional rights by…
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