ROE v. RAY

No. 76-1268.

551 F.2d 241 (1977)

Sara ROE and Mary Roe, her mother, by next friend Jim Thomas, and all others similarly situated, Appellees, v. Robert D. RAY, Individually and in his capacity as Governor of the State of Iowa, and Kevin J. Burns, Individually and in his capacity as Commissioner of the Iowa Department of Social Services, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Robinson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellants; Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., and Theodore R. Boecker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, on brief.

David M. Fortney, Waterloo, Iowa, for appellees.

Before HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.


VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.

The State of Iowa has appealed from an order and judgment entered in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa1 permanently enjoining appellants from denying Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) payments to Mary Roe, an unmarried minor who is the mother of Sara Roe. We affirm.

The facts were stipulated in the lower court. Mary Roe, age 16, unwed, mother of Sara Roe, applied...

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