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Lascaris, Commissioner, Department of Social Services of Onondaga County v. Shirley et al. ; and Lavine, Commissioner, Department of Social Services of New York v. Shirley et al., 1974 — 419 U.S. 1044 · caselaw · US
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Lascaris, Commissioner, Department of Social Services of Onondaga County v. Shirley et al. ; and Lavine, Commissioner, Department of Social Services of New York v. Shirley et al.
419 U.S. 1044·Supreme Court of the United States·1974
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No. 73-1016.
No. 73-1095.
Lascaris, Commissioner, Department of Social Services of Onondaga County v. Shirley et al. ; and Lavine, Commissioner, Department of Social Services of New York v. Shirley et al.
[MAJORITY]
Appeals from D. C. N. D. N. Y. [Probable jurisdiction noted, 417 U. S. 943.] Motion of Isadore Greenberg, Esquire, to permit Douglas A. Eldridge, Esquire, to present oral argument pro hac vice on behalf of appellee Stuck granted. Motion of the State of Iowa for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae denied.