MILCHTEIN v. CHISHOLM

No. 17-1420.

880 F.3d 895 (2018)

Alexander MILCHTEIN and Ester Riva Milchtein, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John T. CHISHOLM, District Attorney of Milwaukee County, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 29, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bopp, Jr. , Corrine L. Youngs , Jeffrey P. Gallant , Attorneys, BOPP LAW FIRM, Terre Haute, IN, Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thomas C. Bellavia , Brian Patrick Keenan , Jennifer L. Vandermeuse , Attorneys, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Easterbrook and Manion, Circuit Judges, and John Z. Lee, District Judge.


Alexander and Ester Riva Milchtein have 15 children. The two eldest refused to return home in 2011 and 2012 and were placed in foster care by orders of Wisconsin's court system. In this federal suit, the Milchteins contend that state officials violated the federal Constitution during proceedings that ended in the foster...

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