DEL A. v. ROEMER

Civ. A. No. 86-801.

777 F.Supp. 1297 (1991)

DEL A., et al. v. Charles "Buddy" ROEMER, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

October 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Hansen, Jeffrey B. Gracer, American Civil Liberties Union, Children's Rights Project, New York City, Steven R. Scheckman, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff Brendolyn A.

David Anthony Dalia, Louisiana Office of Atty. Gen., Arthur A. Lemann, III, Lemann, O'Hara & Miles, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff Charlotte O.

Mary Beck Widmann, Dept. of Social Services, New Orleans, La., for defendant Melvin Meyers, Jr.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SEAR, District Judge.

This civil rights action was filed February 25, 1986 on behalf of children in foster care under the supervision of the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources ("DHHR"). An amended complaint was filed on April 28, 1986. Plaintiff children challenged the adequacy of Louisiana's child welfare system under the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 ("Child Welfare Act"), 42 U.S.C. §§...

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