BRYANT v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, ETC.

No. 81 Civ. 3173 (RJW).

530 F.Supp. 1175 (1982)

John BRYANT and Lillie Bryant, Plaintiffs-Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF the CITY OF NEW YORK, Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children, and Commissioner of Social Services of the State of New York, Defendants-Respondents.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

January 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Queens Legal Services Corp., Long Island City, N. Y., for plaintiffs-petitioners; Stanley A. Bass, Patricia M. Callahan, Mark H. Spires, Long Island City, N. Y., of counsel.

Allen G. Schwartz, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendant-respondent Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York; Eugene Nathanson, Denise L. Thomas, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City, of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of N. Y., New York City, for defendant-respondent Commissioner of Social Services of the State of New York; Andrea G. Iason, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for defendant-respondent Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children; John N. O'Shea, New York City, of counsel.


ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.

Plaintiffs-petitioners in this action are John and Lillie Bryant ("the Bryants"), the former foster parents of three children, Kim Walker ("Kim"), David Pitman ("David"), and Virginia Parris ("Virginia"), who were removed from the Bryants' foster care on October 1, 1980. The action was commenced when the Bryants filed a document ("the complaint/petition") in this Court that purports at once to be a complaint seeking injunctive relief...

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