JACKSON v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF STATE OF FLA.

Civ. No. 68-21.

317 F.Supp. 1151 (1970)

Francine JACKSON, individually, and on behalf of her minor children and all other parents, relatives or minor children similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF the STATE OF FLORIDA, Emmett S. Roberts, Director of the Department of Public Welfare for the State of Florida, Earl P. Schoenberger, Chairman of the Florida State Welfare Board, and their employees, agents and successors in office.

United States District Court, M. D. Florida, Ft. Myers Division.

July 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Michael Foster, Gerald S. Joseph Cassidy, Michael Kantor, So. Florida Migrant Legal Service, Ft. Myers, Fla., Alfred Feinberg, Legal Services Program, Inc., Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Michael Schwartz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., S. Strome Maxwell, Dept. Atty., State Dept. of Public Welfare, Jacksonville, Fla., for defendants.

Before SIMPSON, Circuit Judge, LIEB, Chief District Judge and KRENTZMAN, District Judge.


OPINION

KRENTZMAN, District Judge.

JURISDICTION

This is a class action authorized by Rule 23(b) (2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The class which plaintiff represents is all persons similarly situated who are needy parents of dependent children and their needy dependent children who are eligible for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (hereafter referred to as AFDC).

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