UTAH WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION v. LINDSAY

No. C 276-69.

315 F.Supp. 294 (1970)

UTAH WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, a non-profit corporation organized under the laws of the State of Utah, the National Welfare Rights Organization, Bonnie Batchelder, Joann Byrge, Marie Darling, Diana Herbert, and Christine Tuers, individually and on behalf of their minor children, and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Richard P. LINDSAY, Director, Division of Family Services of the State of Utah, individually and in his capacity as Director of the Division of Family Services of the State of Utah, Honorable Calvin L. Rampton, Governor of the State of Utah, individually and in his capacity as the Governor of the State of Utah, Ward C. Holbrook, Executive Director of the Department of Social Services of the State of Utah, individually and in his capacity as Executive Director of the Department of Social Services of the State of Utah, David Duncan, Chairman of the Board of Family Services of the State of Utah, individually and in his capacity as Chairman and as a member of the Board of Family Services of the State of Utah, Oma Wilcox, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Family Services of the State of Utah, individually and in her capacity as Vice-Chairman and as a member of the Board of Family Services of the State of Utah, Virginia Roberts, member of the Board of Family Services of the State of Utah, individually and in her capacity as a member of the Board of Family Services of the State of Utah, Bruce Parsons, member of the Board of Family Services of the State of Utah, individually and in his capacity as a member of the Board of Family Services of the State of Utah, M. James MacFarlane, member of the Board of Family Services of the State of Utah, individually and in his capacity as a member of the Board of Family Services of the State of Utah, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Utah, C. D.

July 17, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Dolowitz, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiffs.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., and K. Ralph Raat, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants.

Before LEWIS, Chief Circuit Judge, and ARRAJ and CHRISTENSEN, District Judges.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

CHRISTENSEN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case are several individual welfare recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The defendants are officials of the State of Utah who administer this program. Plaintiffs allege that Utah's Public Assistance Act of 1961 and the administration thereof are not in conformity with the Federal Social Security Act of 1935 in several respects, and that as a matter of federal...

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