WEBB AS NEXT FRIEND OF K. S. v. SMITH

No. 18-2541.

936 F.3d 808 (2019)

Katelyn WEBB, AS guardian and NEXT FRIEND OF K.S. and D.S. and on behalf of Herself and all Others Similarly Situated; Jerimey Lay, as guardian and next friend of R.L. and C.L.; Tabitha Lay, as guardian and next friend of R.L. and C.L. Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Chelsea SMITH, Individually and in her Official Capacity; Stacy Houck, Individually and in her Official Capacity; Mischa Martin, Individually and in her Official Capacity; Cindy Gillespie, Individually and in her Official Capacity; Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 28, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Churchwell , Churchwell Law Offices, Hot Springs, AR, Lucien Ramseur Gillham , Luther Oneal Sutter , Sutter & Gillham, Benton, AR, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Maryna O. Jackson , Robert Thomas James , Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for Defendants-Appellees Chelsea Smith, Individually and in her Official Capacity, Stacy Houck, Individually and in her Official Capacity, Mischa Martin, Individually and in her Official Capacity.

Maryna O. Jackson , Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for Defendant-Appellee Cindy Gillespie, Individually and in her Official Capacity.

Before GRUENDER, ARNOLD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


Few liberty interests are more important than the one parents have in the care, custody, and management of their children, or the one that parents and children have in the care and companionship of each other. See Whisman ex. rel. Whisman v. Rinehart, 119 F.3d 1303, 1309 (8th Cir. 1997...

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