Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Essex County Welfare Board v. Department of Institutions & Agencies
Essex County Welfare Bd. v. Dep’t of Insts. & Agencies, 437 U.S. 910 (1978)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1978-06-19
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that race can be considered in determining custody so long as race is not the sole consideration
- finding obfuscation of “one of the ‘essentials of due process and fair treatment’ ” in the cumulative effect of three erroneous instructions
- “[I]n the eyes of the state, which creates the foster relationship, the relationship is considered temporary at the outset and gives rise to no state created rights in the foster • parents”
Citator
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Sup. Ct. N. J. Motion of respondent Irene Stowers for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.