JEANINE B. BY BLONDIS v. THOMPSON

Civ. A. No. 93-C-547.

877 F.Supp. 1268 (1995)

JEANINE B., by her next friend Robert BLONDIS; Aline H. by her next friend Wesley Scott; Maurice R. by his next friend Wesley Scott; Douglas R. by his next friend Wesley Scott; Carolyn D. by her next friend Cynthia Lepkowski; James B. by his next friend Mary Protz; Mindi D. by her next friend Sheila Smith; Alan A. by his next friend Sheila Hill-Roberts; Darren C. by his next friend Chris Velnetske; Alissa S. by her next friend Ann Marie Abell; Roxanne F. by her next friend Julia Vosper; Patricia S. by her next friend Oshiyemi Adelabu; Jocelyn Z. by her next friend Jane Moore; Derrick Z. by his next friend Jane Moore; Karen M. by her next friend Joan Zawikowski, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Tommy G. THOMPSON, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Wisconsin; Richard Lorang, in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services of the State of Wisconsin; F. Thomas Ament, in his official capacity as the County Executive of the County of Milwaukee; and Thomas Brophy, in his official capacity as Director of the Milwaukee County Department of Human Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

March 2, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Dunn, American Civ. Liberties Union Children's Rights Project, New York City and Peter M. Koneazny, American Civ. Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation, Milwaukee, WI, for plaintiffs.

John F. Jorgensen, Principal Ass't Corp. Counsel, Office of Corp. Counsel, Milwaukee, WI, for Milwaukee county defendants.

Mary Woolsey Schlaefer and Peter C. Anderson, Ass't Attys. Gen., Madison, WI, for state defendants.


DECISION AFTER ORAL ARGUMENT ON FEBRUARY 3, 1995 AND WRITTEN ORDER DATED FEBRUARY 16, 1995 DENYING IN PART AND GRANTING IN PART THE STATE DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS AND GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

REYNOLDS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this civil rights case, children who allegedly are or should be in the Milwaukee County foster care system have sued the Governor of Wisconsin, the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department...

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