New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railway Co. v. Omerod

How courts have described this case

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• habeas corpus appeals involving the custody of children are treated just as any other habeas corpus appeal
• habeas corpus appeals involving the custody of children are treated just as any other habeas corpus appeal
• “[I]t has been held that even a moral lapse by the mother will not warrant depriving her of custody, as long as the lapse does not involve the treatment and care of the children”
• plurality opinion of Eagen, J., joined by O’Brien, J. and Pomeroy, J.
• plurality opinion of Eagen, J., dissenting opinion of Roberts, J.
• custody awarded mother who admitted having affairs with other men

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).