Family Defense

Opinions

Opinion # 4 is the main opinion in the appeal, 465 F. 3d 757 (7th Cir. 2006). Opinion #2 is the detailed trial court opinion setting forth the facts, 462 F. Supp.2d 859 (N.D. Ill. 2005). Opinion #5, 295 F.3d 807 (7th Cir. 2007), issued on July 31, 2007, is the appeal from which the petition to the Supreme Court is proceeding, but this opinion contains only a very limited discussion of the issues in the case.

• Opinion One (PDF) March 30, 2001
• Opinion Two (PDF) March 9, 2005
• Opinion Three (PDF) February 3, 2005
• Opinion Four (PDF) Court of Appeals Opinion, October 3, 2006
• Opinion Five (PDF) Court of Appeals Decision, Dupuy II, July 31, 2007

Orders

• Final Compliance Motion and Agreement (PDF) February 9, 2011

Petition and Amici Briefs: U.S. Supreme Court

• Petition for Supreme Court Review (Certiorari) (PDF) Dupuy II, February 13, 2008
• Brief in Opposition to Certiorari, by Illinois DCFS (PDF) May 14, 2008
• Final Reply Brief, by Plaintiffs, (PDF) May 28, 2008
• Amici Curiae Brief on behalf of Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, CLAIM, et al., by Baker & McKenzie (PDF) March 2008
• Amici Curiae Brief on behalf of the American Coalition for Fathers and Children, et al., by McDermott Will & Emery (PDF) March 2008
• Amici Curiae Brief on behalf of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society, by O'Melveny & Myers (PDF) March 2008
• Amici Curiae Brief on behalf of the Cato Institute, Institute for Justice, and the Goldwater Institute, by Sidley Austin (PDF) March 2008
• Amicus Curiae Brief on behalf of the Illinois State Bar Association, by Jenner & Block (PDF) March 2008

Briefs and Important Pleadings: Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

• Brief of the Plaintiffs-Appellants (PDF) Dupuy II, April 11, 2007
• Petition for Rehearing En Banc (PDF), Dupuy II, September 4, 2007
• Defendant's Reply Opposing Petition (PDF), Dupuy II, September 19, 2007

Dupuy Class Information

• Dupuy Class Notice (PDF) April 20, 2006
• Stipulation and Order (PDF) Dupuy I, December 15, 2006

Articles and Important Documents

• Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (PDF) concerning the Petition for Certiorari, March 21, 2008
• Press Release (PDF) for the Supreme Court Petition, filed February 13, 2008
• Youth Law News (PDF) by Diane Redleaf, Robert Lehrer, and Christopher Wilmes, Apri-June 2004
• Bellville News Democrat (PDF) concerning DCFS evidentiary standards in appeals, by Gary Pawlaczyk and Beth Hundsdorfer, May 5, 2008
• Medill Reprots (Medill School of Journalism, HTML) concerning DCFS safety plans, by Sandi Villareal and Erica Green, June 2008