Thomas C. Lossman v. Mary H. Pekarske

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1983-05-16

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. This suit by Thomas Lossman and his three children charges that the defendants — county welfare and law-enforcement officers in Wisconsin — deprived the plaintiffs of liberty without due process of law, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, by removing the children from Lossman’s custody without good cause. They seek damages under <span class="citation…

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