BECKER v. TOIA

No. 77 Civ. 2561.

439 F.Supp. 324 (1977)

Itha David BECKER, Hannah M. Kneafsey, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Phillip L. TOIA, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, and Robert B. Travis, as Commissioner of the Sullivan County Department of Social Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

June 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mid-Hudson Legal Services, Inc., Monticello, N. Y., Greater Up-State Law Project, Monroe County Legal Assistance, Rochester, N. Y., MFY Legal Services, Inc., New York City, for plaintiffs; David L. Posner, Joan E. Schmukler, David S. Yen, Monticello, N. Y., Rene Reixach, Rochester, N. Y., Ellice Fatoullah and Nancy E. LeBlanc, New York City, of counsel.

Louis Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City, William C. Rosen, Sullivan County Atty., for defendant Robert B. Travis.


VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Itha David Becker and Hannah M. Kneafsey, Medicaid beneficiaries, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, allege in the complaint herein that New York State, in enacting and implementing Section 16 of Chapter 77 of the Laws of 1977 of the State of New York (hereinafter "Section 16"),1 has violated the Equal Protection and the Due Process Clauses of the Constitution...

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