EDWARDS v. SCHMIDT

No. 70-C-97.

321 F.Supp. 68 (1971)

Mary Helen EDWARDS, Du Wayne Galloway, Henry Richardson, and Elizabeth Tostevin, on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Wilbur J. SCHMIDT, Secretary, State Department of Health and Social Services, State of Wisconsin, and Sanger B. Powers, Administrator, Division of Corrections, State Department of Health and Social Services, State of Wisconsin, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Wisconsin.

January 5, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Preloznik, Craig E. Miller, Madison, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Jeffrey B. Bartell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES E. DOYLE, District Judge.

This is a civil action for injunctive and declaratory relief brought on behalf of plaintiffs and all persons similarly situated. Fed.R.Civ.P. 23. Jurisdiction is claimed under 28 U.S.C. § 1343 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs are juveniles who have been adjudged delinquent and placed in the custody of the State Department of Health and Social Services by the Wisconsin juvenile courts. They challenge...

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