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GRIFFITH v. JOHNSTON

No. 88-7008.

899 F.2d 1427 (1990)

Susan and Reggie GRIFFITH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Marlin JOHNSTON, Individually and as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil H. Cogan, Storey Hall, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edwin N. Horne, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, JONES and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 30, 1990.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Eighteen adopted children and their twelve adoptive parents filed this civil rights action against the Texas Department of Human Services ("TDHS"), alleging that Texas' administration of its adoption program for "Hard-to-Place" children violated their constitutional rights to Due Process and Equal Protection. These complainants also raised several claims under the Adoption...

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