Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1981-08-28

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Justice Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court. I In the late spring of 1975, after hearing evidence that the petitioner, Abby Gail Lassiter, had not provided her infant son William with proper medical care, the District Court of Durham County, N. C., adjudicated him a neglected child and transferred him to the custody of the Durham County Department of Social Services, the respondent here. A…

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