smith
organization
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families
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march
decided
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together
shapiro
executive
director
new
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state
board
social
welfare
et
al
organization
foster
families
equality
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et
al
rodriguez
et
al
organization
foster
families
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reform
et
al
gandy
et
al
organization
foster
families
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reform
et
also
appeal
litigation
appellees
individual
foster
parents
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parents
organization
sought
declaratory
injunctive
relief
new
york
state
new
york
city
officials
alleging
statutory
regulatory
procedures
removal
foster
children
foster
homes
violated
due
process
equal
protection
clauses
fourteenth
amendment
new
york
social
services
law
authorized
placement
agency
discretion
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child
foster
home
regulations
provide
days
advance
notice
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parents
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state
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may
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novel
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process
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protected
liberty
interest
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amendment
procedures
employed
state
new
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city
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standards
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protections
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consideration
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interest
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interest
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function
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fiscal
administrative
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substitute
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requirement
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white
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filed
opinion
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judgment
burger
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joined
post
maria
marcus
assistant
attorney
general
new
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argued
cause
appellants
nos
briefs
appellants
louis
lefkowitz
attorney
general
samuel
hirshowitz
first
assistant
attorney
general
mark
rutzick
assistant
attorney
general
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richland
leonard
koerner
elliot
hoffman
filed
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stephen
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children
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william
haley
community
service
society
new
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michael
dale
gene
mechanic
carol
sherman
legal
aid
society
new
york
city
juvenile
rights
division
herbert
teitelbaum
puerto
rican
family
institute
et
al
justice
brennan
delivered
opinion
appellees
individual
foster
parents
organization
foster
parents
brought
civil
rights
class
action
pursuant
district
southern
district
new
york
behalf
behalf
children
provided
homes
year
sought
declaratory
injunctive
relief
new
york
state
new
york
city
officials
alleging
procedures
governing
removal
foster
children
foster
homes
provided
soc
serv
law
mckinney
violated
due
process
equal
protection
clauses
fourteenth
amendment
district
appointed
independent
counsel
foster
children
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possibility
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interests
interests
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foster
parents
group
natural
mothers
children
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care
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leave
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behalf
others
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district
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employed
state
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parties
may
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information
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decisionmaker
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placement
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appeals
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judgment
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new
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city
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appellants
new
york
state
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counsel
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children
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behalf
intervening
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jurisdiction
four
appeals
reverse
detailed
outline
new
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care
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constitutional
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expressed
central
policy
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system
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child
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parent
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met
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home
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entitled
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children
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serv
law
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mckinney
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state
opted
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care
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response
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natural
parents
unable
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positive
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family
life
permanent
home
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care
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extended
period
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placement
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placements
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physical
mental
illness
economic
problems
family
crises
make
impossible
natural
parents
particularly
single
parents
provide
stable
home
life
children
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period
resort
placements
almost
compelled
possible
circumstance
place
child
relative
friend
pay
services
homemaker
boarding
school
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placement
requires
signing
written
agreement
natural
parent
guardian
transferring
care
custody
child
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child
welfare
agency
soc
serv
law
mckinney
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parent
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