CARVER v. HOOKER

No. 74-1079.

501 F.2d 1244 (1974)

Arlene L. CARVER and Gloria Fowler, individually and on behalf of their unborn children, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellees, v. Thomas L. HOOKER, individually and as Director of the New Hampshire Division of Welfare, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Pappas, Concord, N. H., with whom Warren B. Rudman, Atty. Gen., Concord, N. H., was on brief, for appellant.

John W. Cotton, Concord, N. H., with whom George Charles Bruno, Manchester, N. H., was on brief, for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE, Circuit Judge, and TAURO, District Judge.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Appellant appeals the decision of the district court, 369 F.Supp. 204 (D.N.H. 1973), that the state practice of denying benefits, under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq., to pregnant women during the term of their pregnancy on behalf of their unborn children, conflicts with the provisions of the Social Security Act and is thus...

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