RE: We're trying to identify all states with state or federal class action consent decrees

["Lisa fontes" <lfontes@xxxxxxx>]

Is anyone aware of class action lawsuits that are based on issues of
(lack of) linguistic or cultural competence, or racial
disproportionality? If so, I'd love to hear about these. You can write
me off-list at:  LFontes@rcn.com

Thanks!
Lisa Fontes, Ph.D.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
Rachel Molly Joseph
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 4:35 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: We're trying to identify all states with state or federal class
action consent decrees


We are working jointly with the Child Welfare League of America to
obtain, analyze, and categorize all past and current child welfare class
action lawsuits where there was either a court order, consent decree, or
court-approved settlement agreement.

We think we know about most of these, but the following are about half
the U.S. states, where we are not sure if there have been such cases.

Were there such class action cases in any of these states?
Alaska
Colorado
Delaware
Florida
Hawaii
Iowa
Idaho
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Wyoming

If you know of any child welfare class action suits in any of these
states, please e-mail information on them (including where we might
obtain a copy of the consent decree) to:

rachmolly@gmail.com

Thank you.
Once we have completed this study, we will make it widely available.

-- Howard Davidson
Director, ABA Center on Children and the Law American Bar Association,
740 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005
202/662-1740     Fax: 202/662-1755     davidsonha@staff.abanet.org
Center's Web Address:  http://www.abanet.org/child






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