ADAMS v. CALIFANO

Civ. A. No. N-78-1802.

474 F.Supp. 974 (1979)

Letcher ADAMS, and Claude Alston, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Joseph A. CALIFANO, Jr., Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and David W. Hornbeck, Superintendent of Schools, Maryland Department of Education, Individually and in their official capacities.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

August 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. Sweeney, Dennis M. Carroll, Peter M. D. Martin and Eileen Franch of Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs.

Natalie R. Dethloff, Social Security Division of HEW, and Lawrence J. Jensen and Jonathan Ginsburg, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary, Dept. of Health, Ed. and Welfare.

Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, and Thomas E. Plank, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md., for defendant David W. Hornbeck, Superintendent of Schools, Maryland Dept. of Ed.


NORTHROP, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this action to challenge certain actions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (the Secretary) and the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools (the State Defendant) in their administration of the federal Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs. Through a complex statutory and regulatory scheme, the federal government, with the assistance and cooperation of the states, provides assistance to disabled...

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