DUPUY v. SAMUELS

No. 06-1027.

465 F.3d 757 (2006)

Belinda DUPUY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bryan SAMUELS, Director, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Block, Sachnoff & Weaver, Chicago, IL, Robert E. Lehrer (argued), Lehrer & Redleaf, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Barbara L. Greenspan (argued), Erik G. Light, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This class action suit by parents, now in its tenth year, challenges a range of practices by Illinois' child-welfare agency claimed to infringe parental rights that are protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; for background, see Dupuy v. Samuels, 397 F.3d 493 (7th Cir.2005). The present appeal is from a preliminary injunction that the plaintiffs, who are the appellants, contend...

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