MURRY v. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Civ. A. No. 1412-72.

348 F.Supp. 242 (1972)

Lula Mae MURRY et al., Plaintiffs, v. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 14, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. Schwartz, Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Peter J. P. Brickfield, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

Before ROBB, Circuit Judge, HART and GESELL, District Judges.


PER CURIAM MEMORANDUM AND FINAL ORDER

A three-judge Court has been convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2282 and 2284 to consider the constitutionality of the "tax dependent" Amendment to the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. § 2014(b)). This Amendment, effective January, 1971, provides in pertinent part:

"Any household which includes a member who has reached his eighteenth birthday and is claimed as a dependent child for Federal income tax purposes...

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