TUNNICLIFF v. COM., DEPT. OF PUBLIC WEL.


483 Pa. 275 (1978)

396 A.2d 1168

Leon TUNNICLIFF and Annabelle Tunnicliff, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 18, 1978.

Reargument Denied February 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Brown, Legal Aid & Defender Assn., Towanda, for appellants.

Linda M. Gunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

Appellants, Leon and Annabelle Tunnicliff, had been receiving federal assistance since April of 1973 under the now defunct Aid to Disabled assistance program. On January 1, 1974, they were transferred to the rolls of the Supplemental Security Income program (SSI), a program jointly administered by both federal and state governments. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381-1383(c) (1974). On or about...

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