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B.H. v. McDONALD

No. 94-2307.

49 F.3d 294 (1995)

B.H., C.H., J.E., et al., v. Jess McDONALD, Director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Defendant-Appellee. Appeal of Patrick T. MURPHY, both as an individual citizen and as the Cook County Public Guardian, Marlin R., Lamore W., minors, by their next friend, Patrick T. Murphy, et al., Proposed Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied April 7, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Brody, Jeanne L. Nowaczewski, Heidi Dalenberg, Schiff, Hardin & Waite; and Benjamin S. Wolf (argued), Susan Wishnick, and Nancy Sohn, Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs.

Thomas J. Wiegand, Winston & Strawn; and Christine M. Tchen (argued), Susan Getzendanner, Kimberley K. Baer, Ester Nkonye Iwerebon, and Lawrence Oliver, II, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Mary B. Kenney, Lee A. Lowder, Charles P. Golbert, and Patrick T. Murphy (argued), Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, Chicago, IL, for appellants.

Before CUMMINGS, GOODWIN and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied April 7, 1995.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

Patrick Murphy appeals the denial of his motion to intervene and the district court's decision to hold non-public in-chambers conferences to discuss the implementation of a consent decree.

I. BACKGROUND

In June of 1988, the American Civil Liberties Union ("ACLU") sued the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services ("DCFS") on behalf of a...

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