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PETERSON v. NORTON

Civ. A. No. H 74-232.

395 F.Supp. 1351 (1975)

William PETERSON, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Nicholas NORTON, Commissioner of the Connecticut State Welfare Department, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

June 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Marcus and Mary R. Hennessey, Hartford, Conn., for plaintiffs.

Jacob Goldman, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn., for defendant.

Before SMITH, Circuit Judge, CLARIE, Chief District Judge, and NEWMAN, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

William Peterson, the acknowledged father of an illegitimate child receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)1 benefits, challenges the constitutionality of Connecticut's plan implementing the federal AFDC program insofar as that plan requires him to pay caretaker expenses for his child's mother.2 Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 28...

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