DOE v. KURTIS

No. 69 Civ. 4030.

306 F.Supp. 509 (1969)

Jane DOE, individually and on behalf of her minor dependent children, and in behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Louis P. KURTIS, as Commissioner of Welfare of the County of Westchester and George K. Wyman, as Commissioner of Welfare of the State of New York, Defendants. Mary DOE, individually and on behalf of her minor dependent children, and in behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Louis P. KURTIS, as Commissioner of Welfare of the County of Westchester and George K. Wyman, as Commissioner of Welfare of the State of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Legal Aid Society of Westchester County, White Plains, N. Y., for plaintiff Jane Doe and proposed intervenor Mary Doe; Bernard Clyne, Norman B. Lichtenstein, White Plains, N. Y., Victor J. Rubino, New Rochelle, N. Y., Martin A. Schwartz, New York City, of counsel.

Gordon Miller, County Atty., County of Westchester, White Plains, N. Y., for defendant Louis P. Kurtis; Richard W. McAtamney, Senior Asst. County Atty., of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City, for defendant George K. Wyman; Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Lillian Z. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.


EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

This action for declaratory and injunctive relief was commenced by plaintiff Jane Doe on behalf of herself, her minor dependent children and all others similarly situated, and seeks a judgment that New York Social Services Law, McKinney's Consol.Laws, c. 55, section 132-a, on its face and as applied, violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and conflicts with the relevant parts of the federal Social...

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