SHAPIRO v. DOE

No. 805.

396 U.S. 488 (1970)

SHAPIRO, WELFARE COMMISSIONER OF CONNECTICUT v. DOE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Killian, Attorney General of Connecticut, and Francis J. MacGregor, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Lee A. Albert for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The motion of the appellee for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The motion to dismiss is also granted and the appeal is dismissed for failure to docket the case within the time prescribed by Rule 13.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK, with whom MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS joins, dissenting.

In this case a three-judge United States District Court invalidated a Connecticut state welfare regulation requiring the mother of an illegitimate child...

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