United States Seventh Circuit

Some actions taken by Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare workers in investigating corporal punishment at a private Christian school were unconstitutional, but caseworkers are entitled to qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/30/2002
• Decided 04/16/2003
• Published 04/16/2003

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and WOOD, Jr., and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen M. Crampton (argued), American Family Ass'n, Tupelo, MS, Sheila M. Smith, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants John Doe, Jane Doe, John Roe and Jane Roe 1-7., Michael D. Dean (argued), Dean & McKoy, Waukesha, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant Greendale Baptist Church and Academy.


• For Appellees:
  
• John J. Glinski (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.