BOONE v. WYMAN

No. 68 Civ. 3754.

295 F.Supp. 1143 (1969)

Dwight BOONE, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, by his next friend Walter Boone, Plaintiff, v. George K. WYMAN, as Commissioner of the Department of Social Services of the State of New York; Jack Goldberg, as Commissioner of the Department of Social Services of the City of New York; Elizabeth C. Geine, as Director of the Bureau of Child Welfare of the City of New York; and Winnie Siegel, as Caseworker of the Bureau of Child Welfare of the City of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

January 13, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Rothwax, New York City, for plaintiff Mobilization for Youth; Jonathan Weiss, New York City, of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., of the State of New York for defendant Wyman, by Amy Juviler, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City.

J. Lee Rankin, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants Goldberg, Geine and Siegel; John J. Loflin, Jr., and James Nespole, New York City, of counsel.


MANSFIELD, District Judge.

This is a purported class action by plaintiff Dwight Boone (suing in forma pauperis by his father pursuant to order of this Court) (1) for a declaratory judgment that enforcement of certain New York State statutes by defendants denies due process, (2) for an injunction restraining further enforcement of these statutes, and (3) for the convening of a three-judge court pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. §§ 2282 and 2284. Plaintiff...

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