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WHITE v. ROCHFORD

No. 77-2125.

592 F.2d 381 (1979)

Eugene WHITE, Shirley White, Barbara McDowell, a minor by Eugene White, her father and next friend and Ramon White, a minor by Eugene White, his father and next friend, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James M. ROCHFORD, Superintendent of Police, City of Chicago, P. J. Gleason, Frank Shannon, and R. Walsh, individually and as Police Officers of the City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1979.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Palmisano, Rosenthal & Carnow, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Philip L. Bronstein, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before SPRECHER, Circuit Judge, KILKENNY, Senior Circuit Judge, and TONE, Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied April 12, 1979.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The issue presented by this case is whether police officers may, with constitutional impunity, abandon children and leave them in health-endangering situations after having arrested their custodian and thereby deprived them of adult protection. We hold that they may not, and accordingly, we reverse the district court's dismissal of a complaint alleging such facts and remand for...

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