RE: Need copy of class action consent decrees/court decisions in several cases

["Susan Ann Cole" <sacole@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Howard,

Professor Sandie Kopels at SSW, UIUC might be able to assist you with
this. Law and social work issues is her area of expertise. 

Susan A. Cole, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
1207 W. Oregon Street, mc-140
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 244-5231
Fax: (217) 244-5220

-----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: Friday, July 22, 2005 12:52 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Need copy of class action consent decrees/court decisions in
several cases

Sorry for any cross-postings:

Hope some of you can help on this.
We are working collaboratively with the Child Welfare League of
America to obtain and collectively analyze all "child welfare class
action" decrees/settlements/decisions over the past 30 years or so.
Obviously, we've been helped in this effort by such leading groups as
Children's Rights, Inc. and the National Center for Youth Law.

We've already obtained most of what we know about, but in our effort
to be complete, please see below cases where we do NOT yet have that
material.

We'd appreciate getting faxed, e-mailed, or mailed any
decrees/settlements/decisions in:

CA: Wheeler v. Sanders and Booream v. Orange County
MA: MacFarland v. Dukakis (also known as Lynch v. King)
NY: Jesse E. v. NYCDSS and Wilder v. Berstein
NC: Willie M. v. Hunt
PA: Baby Neal v. Ridge, Anderson v. Houston, and T.M. v. City of
Philadelphia
FL: M.E. v. Bush and Ward v. Kearney
GA: J.J. v. Ledbetter
NJ: Baby Sparrow v. Waldman
WV: Sanders v. Weston

I hope our final work product will be available in late summer or
early fall, and I expect it will be available from both CWLA and our
Center.

Thanks.

-- 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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