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DAVIS v. McCLARAN

909 S.W.2d 412 (1995)

Patricia DAVIS, Ella Larita Lillard, Patricia Northcutt, and Marietta Turner, on their own behalves and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joyce McCLARAN, Director, Child Support Services, Tennessee Department of Human Services, Defendant-Appellant, and Victor S. Johnson, III, District Attorney General for the 20th Judicial District, and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

October 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Ettinger, Russell J. Overby, Legal Services of Middle Tennessee, Inc., Nashville, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Charles Burson, Attorney General and Reporter, Michelle L. Lehmann, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, for defendant.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This case presents the question of whether individual plaintiffs may bring an action against the Child Support Services Division of the Tennessee Department of Human Services (DHS) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to enforce their rights to child support services allegedly conferred by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. The Court of Appeals reversed...

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