GADDIS v. WYMAN

No. 69 Civ. 2921.

304 F.Supp. 713 (1969)

Luretha GADDIS, individually, on behalf of her minor children, and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. George K. WYMAN, individually, and as Commissioner of the Department of Social Services for the State of New York, and Louis P. Kurtis, individually, and as Commissioner of Westchester County Department of Social Services, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

August 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society of Westchester County, for plaintiff; Bernard Clyne, and Antone G. Singsen, III, White Plains, N. Y., of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City, for defendant Commissioner Wyman; Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., and Maria L. Marcus, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.


MANSFIELD, District Judge.

In this class action which was commenced on July 3, 1969, plaintiff, who is an applicant for public assistance pursuant to the federal-state program for Aid to Dependent Children, attacks the constitutionality of § 139-a of New York Social Services Law, McKinney's Consol.Laws, c. 55, and seeks the convening of a three-judge court, injunctive relief and a declaratory judgment. Jurisdiction...

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