Legal Opinion
Friends of Children, Inc., Etc. v. Marie A. Matava
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 2, 1985No. 85-1141PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, a Georgia corporation that arranges adoptions, sought to place a boy, Jason M., with a Massachusetts family. The Commonwealth Department of So cial Services at first denied approval for the placement, as the Commissioner was uncertain whether Jason should be separated from his sisters. The Commissioner later decided that the separation was unavoidable, and she granted her approval. One of her subordinates, Sheila Frankel, then sent appellant a letter asking it to submit certain forms and to arrange ‘preplacement’ visits. Appellant apparently disagreed about…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Ingraham v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Paul E. Bettencourt, M.D. v. Board of Registration in Medicine of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Henry Malachowski and Julia Malachowski v. City of KeeneCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Annette B. Demauro v. Joseph M. Demauro, Edward Martin, Demauro Co., Inc., Nicholas Demauro, Tri-Area Development Co., Inc. And Joan MartinCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Constance I. Dubroff v. Duncan D. Dubroff, Don M. KennedyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. IMR Capital Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1995
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