Legal Opinion
Thomas C. Lossman v. Mary H. Pekarske
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 16, 1983No. 82-2197PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This suit by Thomas Lossman and his three children charges that the defendants — county welfare and law-enforcement officers in Wisconsin — deprived the plaintiffs of liberty without due process of law, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, by removing the children from Lossman’s custody without good cause. They seek damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Lossman was divorced from the mother of his three children but had legal custody of them, and had remarried but was in the process of getting another divorce. He owned a bar, and lived in the back of it with the children,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Martinez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Wolfgang Arnold v. International Business MacHines CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by119 opinions
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- Hooks v. HooksCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Richard H. Hatch, Jr. v. Department for Children, Youth and Their Families (State of Rhode Island), Steven Brown and Mary McKee ProposedCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- Debra Horta v. Charles B. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
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