1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 801 F.2d
  5. 801 F.2d 893 (1986)
 

DARRYL H. v. COLER

Nos. 84-2757, 85-1611.

801 F.2d 893 (1986)

DARRYL H., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gregory COLER, Director, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, et al., Defendants-Appellees. B.D. by C.D., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gregory COLER, Director, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. Murphy, Patrick T. Murphy, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., Allan E. Lapidus, Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffrey W. Finke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated appeals, the appellants challenge the constitutionality of a procedure utilized in child abuse investigations by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Specifically, as these cases reach us today, the plaintiffs allege that the DCFS policy which permits the caseworker to conduct a physical examination of the child's body for evidence of abuse violates rights protected by the fourth and fourteenth...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases