MARTINEZ v. MATHEWS

No. 76-1794.

544 F.2d 1233 (1976)

Luis MARTINEZ et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. F. David MATHEWS, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suanne Pierce, Michael R. Masinter, Homestead, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Sanford F. Dernis, Miami, Fla., for Rice, and others.

Lewis Polansky, Reg. Counsel, Dept. of HEW, Atlanta, Ga., John Steven Berk, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Leland B. Ware, Atty., Dept. of HEW, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, TUTTLE and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges:


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This is an action asserting the failure of a provider of health services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families to comply with the Migrant Health Act's requirement that individuals being served by the center comprise a majority of the provider's "governing board," 42 U.S.C.A. § 247d(f)(2)(G) (1976). Appellants, plaintiffs below, are migrant or seasonal farmworkers, or wives of such workers, and represent themselves and...

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