RIGGINS v. GRAHAM

No. 1 CA-CIV 1903.

20 Ariz. App. 196 (1973)

511 P.2d 209

Marlow RIGGINS, Ruby Bowen, on their own behalf, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. John O. GRAHAM, Commissioner, Arizona State Department of Public Welfare, and Glenn A. Jones, James J. Coughlin, Laura Almquist, Harold Musgrave and Arthur Van Haren, Members of the Arizona State Board of Public Welfare; individually and in their official capacities, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1973.

Review Denied October 9, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Aronow, Maricopa County Legal Aid Society, Tempe, for appellants.

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen. by James B. Feeley, Michael S. Flam, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellees.


OGG, Judge.

This is an appeal from a special action instituted in Maricopa County on behalf of some 3,300 General Assistance Recipients [Recipients] who challenge the reduction of their assistance grants by the Arizona State Board of Public Welfare [Board]. The trial court upheld the decision of the Board by dismissing Recipients' complaint. Recipients instituted this appeal alleging the Board failed to comply with the applicable Welfare Department statutes and, further...

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