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WILLIAMS v. WOHLGEMUTH

No. 75-2239.

540 F.2d 163 (1976)

Viola WILLIAMS, and Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization, by Louise Brookins, its Chairwoman and Trustee ad litem, for themselves and all others similarly situated v. Helene WOHLGEMUTH, Secretary, Department of Public Welfare, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Gold, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Howard M. Holmes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael von Moschzisker, Deputy Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., Robert P. Kane, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for appellants.

Before ADAMS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARTZ, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

We are asked in this appeal to determine the validity of certain regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW). The regulations in question make emergency assistance payments available to persons whose special needs for such funding result from either of two enumerated causes—civil disorder or natural disaster—but not from any others.

A.

Congress amended the Social...

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