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CHILD WELFARE
LaShawn A. v. Fenty

1:89-cv-01754 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 20, 1989

Case Ongoing

In 1989, Children's Rights and the ACLU filed a federal class action on behalf of children placed in foster care under the supervision of the District of Columbia's Department of Human Services (DHS), and abused and neglected children who are (or should be) known to DHS by virtue of abuse or neglect. The case asserted violations of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, due process, the District of Columbia Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Act of 1977, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatm…
CHILD WELFARE
Jeanine B. v. Doyle

2:93-cv-00547 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: June 1, 1993

Case Ongoing

On June 1, 1993, Children's Rights, the ACLU, and private co-counsel filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin against the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services and the Milwaukee County Department of Human Services. The complaint alleged abuse and neglect of children in the Milwaukee child-welfare system, inadequate investigations into abuse and neglect, lack of services, improper foster care placement, and high casewo…
CHILD WELFARE
Marisol A. v. Giuliani

1:95-cv-10533 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 1995

Closed Date: Aug. 6, 2018

This federal class action was brought by children in the custody of the New York City Child Welfare Administration ("CWA"), and children who, while not in the custody of CWA, are or will be at risk of abuse or neglect and whose status is known or should be known to CWA. It was filed on December 13, 1995 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by Children's Rights Inc., Lawyers for Children, and private counsel, sought class certification, …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Juan F. v. Rell

2:89-cv-00859 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 1989

Case Ongoing

This class action brought by children placed in Connecticut's Department of Children and Youth Services (DCYS) was filed on December 19, 1989, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The plaintiffs were represented by the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union. They sought declaratory and injunctive relief against the state to redress deficiencies in the child welfare system, claiming that the state violated the Adoption Assistanc…
CHILD WELFARE
Charlie and Nadine H. v. Corzine

2:99-cv-03678 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1999

Case Ongoing

On August 4, 1999, a group of children in the legal and/or physical custody of the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) filed this lawsuit against the State of New Jersey and DYFS in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Represented in part by Children's Rights, Inc., the plaintiffs alleged that DYFS failed to protect them from abuse, failed to provide them with services such as medical care, and failed to provide DYFS caseworkers with adequate resources and…
CHILD WELFARE
Clark K. v. Guinn

2:06-cv-01068 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2006

Closed Date: 2009

On August 30, 2006, a group of ten children in the Nevada foster system, seeking class action certification for all children in or at risk of entering the Clark County, NV foster system, filed this class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. The plaintiffs filed under 42 U.S.C. 1983, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (AACWA), the Child the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), the Medicaid Act, and state law. The plaintiffs sued a num…
CHILD WELFARE
Del A. v. Roemer

2:86-cv-00801 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 1986

Closed Date: Oct. 21, 1991

On February 25, 1986, fifteen foster children filed this case as a putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. They proceeded under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Governor of Louisiana and various state officials with responsibility for administering the state's child welfare system. The Plaintiffs, represented by the Children's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union (now Children's Rights, Inc.) and private counsel, sough…
CHILD WELFARE
Eric L. v. N.H. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. Dir.

1:91-cv-00376 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 1991

Closed Date: 2005

On August 28, 1991, a class-action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, and the New Hampshire Division of Children and Youth Services (DCYS). Plaintiffs, represented by public interest and private counsel, sued on behalf of all children who have been placed in foster care or some other child care arrangement outside of their homes by DCYS, and on behalf of…
CHILD WELFARE
Baby Neal v. Casey

2:90-cv-02343 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 4, 1990

Closed Date: 2001

This class action involving neglected and abused children placed in Philadelphia's foster care system was filed on April 4, 1990, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and Children's Rights, Inc. and American Civil Liberties Union, sought class action certification as well as declaratory and injunctive relief against the Governor of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, President Judge of County C…
CHILD WELFARE
Nicholson v. Williams

1:00-cv-02229 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: April 17, 2000

Closed Date: 2007

The plaintiffs in this case are mothers in New York who have been subjected to domestic violence, and as a result, had the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) remove their children from their custody. Represented by the Sanctuary for Families, Lawyers for Children, and the New York Legal Aid Society, they each brought suit, separately, in 2000 in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, against ACS. Their cases were then consolidated and converted to a class action in Janua…