Donald H. JOHNSON; Juanita L. Johnson; Eugene V. Mariani; Dorothy Mariani; Mary Lou Fleming; William R. Fleming; William C. Schaible; Phyllis R. Schaible, by her Court Appointed Guardian; Lois Benedetto; Gerald Benedetto; Donna R. Banks; Charles V. Banks, Estate of; Raymond O. Denman, Jr.; Frances C. Denman; Charles N. Hicks; Marie L. Hicks; Ann B. Silbernagel; Norman V. Silbernagel; Anna Prystasch; Stanley Prystasch; Mary Mackron; Anthony Mackron, Estate of; Janet Whalon; Harold B. Whalon, Jr.; Beradine Weiser; Richard C. Weiser; Grace Laforge; Blace Laforge; John Fillmore; Mary Fillmore; John Doe, (1-5 fictitious names); Jane Doe, (1-5 fictitious names); Robert Gross; George Allen; Social Services; Thomas Koelhoffer; Frances Koelhoffer; William Kelly; Kathryn Kelly; Marcella Finkel; Jack Finkel; Edna Allen; Willard Nickerson; Ethel Nickerson; Geraldine Ann Sahl; George J. Sahl; Margaret Bakerian; Vasgen Bakerian; Charles Derrot; Louise Derrot; Miguel Obregon; Onelia Obregon; Roy W. McDowell; June M. McDowell; Joseph Mezzo; Carmella Mezzo; Mathilda Gross
v.
Michelle K. GUHL, Commissioner; State of New Jersey, Department of Human Services, Margaret A. Murray, Director, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Service; John Roe, (1-5 fictitious names) their agents, servants, employees, and/or assigns, jointly, severally or in the alternative; Edward Testa, Director, Bergen County Board of Social Services; Elizabeth Lehmann, Director, Morris County Board of Social Services; James Williams, Director, Essex County Board of Social Services; Jane Roe, Director, ABC County Board of Social Services, (1-5 fictitious names); Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders Essex County Board of Social Services; Donald H. Johnson, Juanita L. Johnson, William C. Schaible, Phyllis R. Schaible, Charles N. Hicks, Marie L. Hicks, Ann B. Silbernagel, Norman V. Silbernagel, Anna Prystasch, Stanley Prystasch, Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 22, 2003.
Filed February 6, 2004.
As Amended March 26, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Donald M. McHugh, (Argued), McHugh & Macri, East Hanover, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, New Jersey Chapter, Eugene Rosner, Clark, for Appellants.
David Samson, Attorney General of New Jersey, Michael J. Haas, Assistant Attorney General, M. Elizabeth Doyle (Argued), Deputy Attorney General, Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, R.J. Hughes Justice Complex, Trenton, for Appellees, Commissioner and State Divisions.
Edwin C. Eastwood, Jr., Law Offices of Edwin C. Eastwood, Jr., North Bergen, for Appellee, Edward Testa.
Daniel W. O'Mullan, O'Mullan & Brady, Whippany, for Appellee, Elizabeth Lehmann.
Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, AMBRO and WEIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
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