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LYNCH v. KING

Civ. A. No. 78-2152-K.

550 F.Supp. 325 (1982)

Patricia LYNCH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Edward J. KING, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

September 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Taylor, Jeffrey Witten Kobrick, Paula Barbara Mackin, Juvenile Law Reform Project, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Thomas Spirito, Com'r, Dept. of Public Welfare, Maureen L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., Mary Jane England, Com'r, Dept. of Social Services, Paul F. Ware, Jr., Paul E. Nemser, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Mass., for defendants.

KEETON, District Judge:

This class action tests the jurisdiction and competence of the court to provide a remedy for a case of human tragedy. Simply and candidly stated, the facts are that children have suffered unspeakable injuries to body and spirit. They have suffered, it is true, because of circumstances beyond the reach of the most benign and effective protection any government has ever afforded. But, as well, children have suffered because state officials charged...

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