ROWLAND v. MAHER


176 Conn. 57 (1978)

ANNA ROWLAND v. EDWARD W. MAHER, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT ETTA TRAVER v. EDWARD W. MAHER, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT LOUISE V. LUCAS v. EDWARD W. MAHER, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT HELEN N. SODERBERG v. EDWARD W. MAHER, COMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT MADGE TROULAND v. EDWARD W. MAHER, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT ANNA HARBERG v. EDWARD W. MAHER, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paige J. Everin, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Carl R. Ajello, attorney general, for the appellant (defendant in each case).

John A. Berman, with whom was Shelagh H. O'Neill, for the appellees (plaintiff in each case).

COTTER, C. J., BOGDANSKI, LONGO, SPEZIALE and PETERS, JS.


SPEZIALE, J.

The underlying issue presented on appeal in each of these six companion cases is whether the action of the defendant commissioner, suspending medicaid benefits to the plaintiffs, was illegal in light of controlling federal law.

The relevant facts are the same in all six cases and are undisputed: Each of the six plaintiffs is a resident of the Elim Park Baptist Home, Inc., a nonprofit religious home for the aged in Cheshire. The home requires an...

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