Opinion No. Oag 15-90, (1990)

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding the state is not a \person\ that can be sued under 42 U.S.C § 1983
• stating that Heck “established that unreasonable child-abuse investigations can violate the right to familial relations”
• finding that case that was decided four months after events in question could not clearly establish any rights for the purposes of qualified immunity
• explaining that reasonable suspicion, and not probable cause, is the standard for evaluating the constitu- tionality of child welfare investigations impinging on the right to familial integrity under the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause
• reaching the merits rather than resting on forfeiture, even though the plaintiff never addressed the defendants’ qualified immunity defense in the district court
• reaching the merits rather than resting on forfeiture, even though the plaintiff never addressed the defendants’ qualified immunity defense in the district court

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