Tse-Ming Cheung, M.D. v. Youth Orchestra Foundation of Buffalo, Inc., Anne Luchsinger, John Potts, and Ansgarius Aylward

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• holding that minors “are entitled to trained legal assistance so their rights may be fully protected”
• holding that non-attorney parent must be represented by counsel when bringing an action on behalf of his child
• finding that case was brought on behalf of the father’s minor daughter under various civil rights statutes, even though the complaint was solely in the father’s name, and holding that father could not bring the case pro se
• finding that minors “are entitled to trained legal assistance so their rights may be fully protected” and nonlawyer parents are not trained to represent competently the interests of their children
• finding that case was brought on behalf of the father's minor daughter under various civil rights statutes, even though the complaint was solely in the father's name, and holding that father could not bring the case pro se
• referring to Fed. R.Civ.P. 17(b), which provides that the capacity of an individual to sue is determined by state law

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