FRANCIS v. DAVIDSON

Civ. No. 71-853-K.

340 F.Supp. 351 (1972)

Robert FRANCIS, individually and on behalf of his minor children, Robert J. Francis, et al. v. Rita C. DAVIDSON, Secretary, Department of Employment and Social Services, and Raleigh C. Hobson, Director, Social Services Administration. Department of Health, Education & Welfare, the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, the Maryland State Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Baltimore, Amici Curiae.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

January 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Christopher Brown, Curtis L. Decker, and H. Maxwell Hersch, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs.

Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. of Md., and Richard G. McCauley, Joe Rabin and Judson F. Garrett, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Baltimore, Md., for defendants.

George Beall, U. S. Atty., and Jean G. Rogers, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., for Dept. of Health, Education & Welfare.

William A. Grimes, Baltimore, Md., Lawrence M. Cohen, Gerard C. Smetana, Chicago, Ill., and Alan Raywid, Washington, D. C., for The U. S. Chamber of Commerce.

J. Cookman Boyd, Jr. and Rob Ross Hendrickson, Baltimore, Md., for Maryland State Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Baltimore.

Before WINTER, Circuit Judge, and KAUFMAN and YOUNG, District Judges.


FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

This case involves constitutional and other issues arising in connection with the administration of the AFDC-E program.1 Plaintiffs are fathers, who, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, allege that benefits under that program have been denied to their respective children by the Department of Employment and Social Services of the State of Maryland under Rule 200.X.A. (2) of that Department...

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