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GROFF v. WOHLGEMUTH

Civ. A. No. 70-3340.

328 F.Supp. 1016 (1971)

Marilyn GROFF, individually and on behalf of her minor child, Ruth Groff, and Florence Emerson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Helene WOHLGEMUTH, individually and as Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Clarence P. Jenkins, individually and as Executive Director of the Philadelphia County Board of Assistance, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Stein, Douglas G. Dye, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

J. Shane Creamer, Atty. Gen., Marx Leopold and Jacques H. Fox, Asst. Attys. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.

Before KALODNER, Circuit Judge, and BECKER and HUYETT, District Judges.

OPINION AND ORDER

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT.

We are called upon to measure against the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare which determine allowances for shelter and utilities to recipients of public assistance.1 A three-judge court has been convened because the...

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