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· 11/30/1993

Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services v. Department of Health and Human Services

Citations

  • 9 F.3d 981
  • 304 U.S. App. D.C. 2
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 31043
  • 1993 WL 489822

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that a 27-month confinement could support a due process 10 claim
  • “given the extraordinary grant of discretion” in a statute requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement foster care programs to his “satisfac- tion,” “a state would have to present an egregious claim to prevail”

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Judges: Silberman, Randolph, Coffin

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