Torts: The (Mostly) Common Law of Civil Wrongs

Resource 8 . 1 . 3

21 minutes

DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services

Kip M. Hustace

Content warning: child abuse.

Note: This opinion uses an outdated term to describe Joshua DeShaney as disabled; we will simply use "disabled" to do so.

Supreme Court of the United States

103 L. Ed. 2d 249, 109 S. Ct. 998, 489 U.S. 189, 1989 U.S. LEXIS 1039, 57 U.S.L.W. 4218

87-154

1989-02-22

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