PROVOST v. BETIT

Civ. A. No. 6091.

326 F.Supp. 920 (1971)

John PROVOST and Audrey Provost on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Hattie Raymond, Intervenor, v. Joseph W. BETIT, Commissioner of Social Welfare, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Vermont.

April 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Dooley, III, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Burlington, Vt., for plaintiffs and intervenor.

H. Russell Morss, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Montpelier, Vt., for defendant.

Before WATERMAN, Circuit Judge, and LEDDY and OAKES, District Judges.


LEDDY, District Judge.

The question presented here is whether the Vermont Department of Social Welfare can, in accordance with the mandates of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, effectuate state-wide policy changes in the Vermont Social Welfare program having the overall effect of increasing the benefits of some recipients and reducing that of others without first affording the latter a pre-reduction hearing.

From the evidence adduced, the...

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