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KING v. SMITH

No. 949.

392 U.S. 309 (1968)

KING, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS AND SECURITY, ET AL. v. SMITH ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 17, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Lee Stapp, Assistant Attorney General of Alabama, argued the cause for appellants. With her on the briefs were MacDonald Gallion, Attorney General, and Carol F. Miller, Assistant Attorney General.

Martin Garbus argued the cause and filed a brief for appellees.

Briefs of amici curiae, urging affirmance, were filed by Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Leroy D. Clark, and Charles Stephen Ralston for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al., and by Helen L. Buttenwieser and Ephraim London for the Child Welfare League of America, Inc., et al.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Alabama, together with every other State, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, and Guam, participates in the Federal Government's Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) program, which was established by the Social Security Act of 1935.1 49 Stat. 620, as amended, 42 U. S. C. §§ 301-1394. This appeal...

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