BEGINS v. PHILBROOK

No. 482, Docket 74-2140.

513 F.2d 19 (1975)

Robert BEGINS and Patricia Begins, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Paul PHILBROOK, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Social Welfare, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zander B. Rubin, St. Johnsbury, Vt. (Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Dean B. Pineles, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montpelier, Vt., for defendant-appellee.

Before HAYS and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges, and HOLDEN, District Judge.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Robert and Patricia Begins appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, Albert W. Coffrin, J., dismissing as moot their complaint against Paul Philbrook, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Social Welfare. Plaintiffs attack a Vermont regulation that makes ineligible for welfare benefits any family owning two operable motor vehicles, without regard to the value of the automobiles. The suit was...

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