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Texas Loses Court Ruling Over Taking of Children

Date: May 30, 2008

Author: Ralph Blumenthal

QUOTE: Bringing polygamist families closer to regaining custody of their children, a divided Supreme Court of Texas agreed Thursday that the state had illegally seized 468 girls and boys from a West Texas ranch last month on unproven grounds of physical and sexual abuse.

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• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church)
• Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS)
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• US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

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