UNITED LOW INCOME, INC. v. FISHER

Civ. No. 12-124.

340 F.Supp. 150 (1972)

UNITED LOW INCOME, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Dean FISHER, M.D., individually and in his capacity as Commissioner of Health and Welfare for the State of Maine and his agents, employees and successors in office and all others acting in concert with him, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maine, S. D.

March 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Calkins, Susan Calkins, Robert E. Mittel, Portland, Me., for plaintiffs.

Keith Edgerly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, Me., for defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT

GIGNOUX, District Judge.

This is a class action, Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b) (2), against the Commissioner of the Maine State Department of Health and Welfare seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-2. Jurisdiction is properly invoked under the Civil Rights Act. 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs challenge, on statutory and constitutional grounds, the action...

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