DORSEY v. MOORE

No. 82-2391.

719 F.2d 1263 (1983)

Tammie Rowe DORSEY and Randy Dorsey, etc., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. Hilmar G. MOORE, Raul Jimenez, et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nell & Sortino, Steven D. Ross, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants cross-appellees.

Ann Clarke Snell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Bickerstaff, Heath & Smiley, Mary F. Keller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees cross-appellants.

Before BROWN, THORNBERRY and TATE, Circuit Judges.


TATE, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs Tammie Rowe Dorsey and Randy Dorsey filed an action against the defendants, agents and employees of the Texas Department of Human Resources, seeking relief for the defendants' actions in temporarily removing the plaintiffs' infant children from their home. The Dorseys now appeal the judgment of the district court denying them compensatory and declaratory relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and related provisions of the Social...

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