ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BOARD v. COHEN

Civ. No. 957-68.

299 F.Supp. 176 (1969)

The ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BOARD, a body corporate and politic of the State of New Jersey, Philip K. Lazaro, Josephine Woods, and Edna Greenleaf, Petitioners, v. The Honorable Wilbur J. COHEN, Secretary, United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Respondent.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

March 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sheil, Maplewood, N. J., for petitioners.

David M. Satz, Jr., U. S. Atty., by Elliot Scher, Asst. U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J., for respondent.

Rita L. Bender, Newark, N. J., for the Community Legal Action Workshop of the Roger Baldwin Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, amicus curiae.

Before VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge, and COOLAHAN and WHIPPLE, District Judges.


OPINION

WHIPPLE, District Judge:

The petitioners in this action are: (1) The Essex County Welfare Board (Board), established to carry out all forms of assistance programs, more specifically the plan of Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC), in the County of Essex, State of New Jersey; (2) Philip K. Lazaro, Director, Essex County Welfare Board, as a "citizen and taxpayer;" (3) Josephine Woods and Edna Greenleaf, presently receiving assistance through...

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