BURCHETTE v. DUMPSON

No. 74 C 967.

387 F.Supp. 812 (1974)

Daisy BURCHETTE, by her next friend, Marie Browne, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. James R. DUMPSON, Individually and as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services, and Abe Lavine, Individually and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

December 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan A. Weiss, Legal Services for the Elderly Poor, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Adrian P. Burke, Corp. Counsel by Joseph F. Bruno, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City, for Dept. of Social Services-NYC.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. by David R. Spiegel, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for N. Y. State Dept. of Soc. Services.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PLATT, District Judge.

This action is instituted under 28 U. S.C. §§ 2201, 2202, Rules 54, 57, 58 and 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343 and 42 U. S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act), demanding declaratory relief, damages and a permanent injunction restraining the defendants, the New York State and City Departments of Social Services, from transferring one Daisy Burchette and "all...

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