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Fifth Circuit· 7/16/1999

Morris v. Dearborne

Citations

  • 181 F.3d 657
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 16042
  • 1999 WL 503561

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 “Constitution 3 protects the right to family integrity” that is guaranteed “by the due process clause of the 4 Fourteenth Amendment.”
  • deciding that teacher violated right to consider a separate substantive due process claim. family integrity by falsifying sexual abuse charge (continued...) (continued...
  • concluding that a teacher who falsified a report that caused a child to be wrongfully removed from her parents’ custody could be subject to § 1983 liability
  • finding that a temporary interference with child custody, lasting only one day, did not constitute a violation of clearly established law
  • making knowingly false statements of child neglect violates clearly established constitutional right to familial relations
  • making knowingly false statements of child neglect violates clearly established constitutional right to familial relations

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Judges: Jolly, Wiener, Parker

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