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DOE v. ELLIS

Civ. A. No. 71-1231.

350 F.Supp. 375 (1972)

Dorothy DOE, individually and on behalf of her minor dependent children, and Frances Roe, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. R. Archie ELLIS, Director, South Carolina Department of Public Welfare, and Lillie I. Mae Dean, Director, Richland County Department of Public Welfare, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

Decided August 23, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Madama, Jr., and Herbert E. Buhl, III, Legal Aid Society, Columbia, S. C., for plaintiffs.

Alexander S. Macaulay, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C., for defendants.

Before RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and CHAPMAN and BLATT, District Judges.

OPINION AND ORDER

BLATT, District Judge:

This action was commenced under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by the two named plaintiffs, Dorothy Doe and Frances Roe, on behalf of themselves and all others similary situated, in order to challenge certain regulations and policies of the South Carolina Department of Public Welfare (SCDPW) as promulgated and applied by the defendants herein. These regulations provide that, if a mother of an illegitimate child fails or refuses...

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