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BALTIMORE CITY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVS. v. BOUKNIGHT

No. 88-1182.

493 U.S. 549 (1990)

110 S.Ct. 900

107 L.Ed.2d 992

BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. BOUKNIGHT

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1990

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph S. Tyler III argued the cause for petitioner in No. 88-1182. With him on the briefs were J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, and Andrew H. Baida and Carmen M. Shepard, Assistant Attorneys General. Mitchell Y. Mirviss argued the cause for petitioner in No. 88-6651. With him on the briefs were Susan Dishler Shubin, Stuart R. Cohen, Kathi Grasso, and M. Gayle Hafner.

George E. Burns, Jr., argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Jose F. Anderson, George M. Lipman, Gary S. Offutt, Robin Parsons, and M. Christina Gutierrez.†

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this action, we must decide whether a mother, the custodian of a child pursuant to a court order, may invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination to resist an order of the juvenile court to produce the child. We hold that she may not.

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Petitioner Maurice M. is an abused child. When he was three months old, he was hospitalized with a fractured left femur, and examination...

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