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FRIENDS OF CHILDREN, INC. v. MATAVA

No. 85-1141.

766 F.2d 35 (1985)

FRIENDS OF CHILDREN, INC., etc., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Marie A. MATAVA, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Wexler, Boston, Mass., with whom Herrick & Smith, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Carl Valvo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, and BREYER and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a Georgia corporation that arranges adoptions, sought to place a boy, Jason M., with a Massachusetts family. The Commonwealth Department of Social Services at first denied approval for the placement, as the Commissioner was uncertain whether Jason should be separated from his sisters. The Commissioner later decided that the separation was unavoidable, and she granted her approval. One of her...

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