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, 57 L. Ed. 2d 1141 (1978)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1978-06-19
Topic
general

holding that race can be considered in determining custody so long as race is not the sole consideration | 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”

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Sup. Ct. N. J. Motion of respondent Irene Stowers for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.