Lipscomb v. Simmons

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the. government has no affirmative obligation to facilitate the exercise of constitutional rights
• “Once the state assumes wardship of a child, the state owes the child, as 2 part of that person’s protected liberty interest, reasonable safety and minimally adequate care 3 and treatment appropriate to the age and circumstances of the child.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).