MURROW v. CLIFFORD

Civ. A. No. 114-73.

404 F.Supp. 999 (1975)

Claire MURROW et al., Plaintiffs, v. Robert L. CLIFFORD, Individually and as Commissioner of the Department of Institutions and Agencies, his successors in office, agents and employees, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

December 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camden Regional Legal Services, Inc. by Michael C. Morris, and Peter J. O'Connor, Camden, N. J., for plaintiffs.

William F. Hyland, Atty. Gen. of N. J. by Joan W. Murphy, Deputy Atty. Gen., Newark, N. J., for defendant.

Before HUNTER, Circuit Judge, and COHEN and FISHER, District Judges.


OPINION

COHEN, Senior Judge:

The narrow issue presented for our consideration, on cross motions for summary judgment, is whether New Jersey's policy of denying AFDC1 benefits to pregnant women, irrespective of whether there are other dependent children in their care, is constitutionally infirm. As a result of the decision in Burns v. Alcala, 420 U.S. 575, 95 S.Ct. 1180, 43 L.Ed.2d 469 (1975...

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