BUENO v. JURAS

Civ. No. 71-420.

349 F.Supp. 91 (1972)

Julian BUENO, Merle McKnight, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Andrew F. JURAS, individually and as Administrator of the Public Welfare Division of the State of Oregon, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

May 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Jay Folberg, Stanley A. Sitnick, Associate Counsel from Foreign Jurisdiction, Legal Aid Service, Portland, Or., Victor C. Pagel, Marion-Polk Legal Aid, Salem, Or., D. Richard Fischer, Legal Aid Office, Lane County Bar Assn., Eugene, Or., for plaintiffs.

Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., James W. Durham, Jr., Kathryn V. Kelty, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salem, Or., for defendant.

Before JERTBERG and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and BELLONI, District Judge.


OPINION

ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Nine unemployed fathers whose families receive welfare assistance brought this class action challenging, on constitutional and statutory grounds, the authority of the Oregon State Public Welfare Division (PWD) to suspend welfare grants during the farm harvest season. Because of the alleged unconstitutionality of the challenged state action, a three-judge district court...

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