L. H., M. D., E. M., R. C., and T. D., by Their Attorneys and Next Friends John G. Balentine and Terry D. Oehler, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. William S. Jamieson, Jr., Director of the Arizona Department of Economic Security, and Bruce E. Babbitt, Governor of the State of Arizona, Individually and in Their Official Capacities
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643 F.2d 1351 L. H., M. D., E. M., R. C., and T. D., by their attorneys and next friends; John G. Balentine and Terry D. Oehler, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William S. JAMIESON, Jr., Director of the Arizona Department of Economic Security, and Bruce E. Babbitt, Governor of the State of Arizona, individually and in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees. No. 78-3091. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Without Oral Argument Sept. 11, 1980. Decided May 1, 1981. Jeanette Ganousis, St. Louis, Mo., Edward A. Linden, Tucson, Ariz., on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants. C. Eileen Bond, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., on brief, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before WRIGHT and TANG, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, District Judge * . PER CURIAM: 1 This is an appeal from a dismissal of a class action. The appellants are juveniles who have been adjudged dependent, neglected, or delinquent by Arizona state courts and who are presently placed in private, child-caring facilities in Arizona. In 1977, they brought a class action in federal…