VILLA v. HALL

Docket No. Sac. 7907.

6 Cal.3d 227 (1971)

490 P.2d 1148

98 Cal. Rptr. 460

VIRGINIA VILLA et al., Petitioners, v. JAMES M. HALL, as Secretary, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 6, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ralph Santiago Abrascal, Valerie Vanaman, Daniel S. Brunner and Steven J. Cole for Petitioners.

Karlton & Blease and Coleman A. Blease as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, and Jerold A. Prod, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

(1) Petitioners in this class action seek to invalidate a portion of section 28 of the California Welfare Reform Act of 1971 (Stats. 1971, ch. 578) on the ground it is incompatible with the federal Social Security Act. Because the unimpaired operation of the welfare program is of utmost significance to all the people of this state (see Welf. & Inst. Code...

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