PERKINS v. STATE OF IOWA THROUGH ITS DEPT. OF SOC. SERV.

No. 71-1675.

465 F.2d 724 (1972)

Dorothy PERKINS, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Appellant, v. STATE OF IOWA THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES and James N. Gillman as Commissioner of the Iowa State Department of Social Services, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 5, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Oberbillig, Legal Aid Society of Polk County, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant.

Lorna L. Williams, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Before ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and DAVIES, Senior District Judge.


RONALD N. DAVIES, Senior District Judge.

The appellant, Dorothy Perkins, appeals from the lower court's dismissal, as moot, her action against the State of Iowa in which she alleged that she and other Iowa residents similarly situated were wrongfully denied Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD).

On November 28, 1967, appellant filed an APTD application with the County Department of Social Services of...

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