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LUND v. AFFLECK

Civ. A. No. 74-36.

388 F.Supp. 137 (1975)

Dominic LUND and Gladys Lund, his mother by next friend David Wawro, et al. v. John J. AFFLECK, Individually and in his capacity as Director of the Rhode Island Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services, and Marie Perry, Individually and in her capacity as a case aide for the Rhode Island Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

January 15, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Roney and Kenneth F. MacIver, of R. I. Legal Services, Inc., Providence, R. I., for plaintiffs.

W. Slater Allen, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., (R. I.), Providence, R. I., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

This is a civil action for declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U. S.C. sec. 1983 and 28 U.S.C. secs. 2201 and 2202.

The plaintiffs are needy unwed mothers and children of Rhode Island whose applications for benefits as families with dependent children were denied because of an unwritten informal policy of the Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services not to pay such benefits to applicants...

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