Case: DOE et al. v. DELAWARE
Abbreviation: Doe v. Delaware
Decision Date: 1981-03-09
Docket Number: No. 79-5932
Citation: 450 U.S. 382
Volume: 450
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: DOE et al. v. DELAWARE
Judges: with whom Justice White joins,
Pages: 382–397

Head Matter:
DOE et al. v. DELAWARE
No. 79-5932.
Argued January 12, 1981
Decided March 9, 1981
Gary A. Myers argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Michael Boudin. .
Regina Mullen Small, State Solicitor of Delaware, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were John A. Parkins, Jr., Assistant State Solicitor, and Roger A. Akin, Thomas M. LaPenta, and Timothy A. Casey, Deputy Attorneys General.
Carol R. Golubock, Daniel Yohalem, and Marian Wright Edelman filed a brief for the American Orthopsychiatric Association et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed by Marcia Robinson Lowry and Bruce J. Ennis for the American Civil Liberties Union; by Janet Fink, Carol Sherman, Jane M. Sufian, and Henry S. Weintraub for the Legal Aid Society of the City of New York, Juvenile Rights Division; and by Douglas J. Besharov and Robert M. Horowitz for the National Association of Counsel for Children et al.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The appeal is dismissed for want of a properly presented federal question.