BERMUDEZ v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

No. 72-2138.

490 F.2d 718 (1973)

Mercedes Ortiz BERMUDEZ et al. v. The UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, and Earl L. Butz, Individually and in his capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Argued February 26, 1973.

Decided October 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Kimmel, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty. and Walter H. Fleischer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellants. John A. Terry and Robert M. Werdig, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., also entered appearances for appellant.

Ronald F. Pollack, New York City, with whom Roger A. Schwartz, New York City, and John R. Kramer, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, MacKINNON, Circuit Judge, and VAN PELT, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.


VAN PELT, Senior District Judge:

This is an action brought by welfare recipients to adjudicate their rights under The Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, 7 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq. (1970). The defendants are the United States Department of Agriculture, the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Agriculture Department's Food and Nutrition Service, and the Food Stamp Division Director...

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