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BILES ET AL. v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 58 C.D. 1978.

44 Pa.Commw. 274 (1979)

Vincent Biles, Dorothy Birch, Harold Jackson, Gloria Morales, Valerie White, Individually and All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Petitioners v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

July 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Weishaupt, with him Suzanne Reilly, and Laurence Schall, for petitioners.

Robert B. Hoffman, Deputy Attorney General, with him Norman J. Watkins, Deputy Attorney General, and Edward G. Biester, Jr., Attorney General, for respondents.

Argued March 7, 1979, before President Judge BOWMAN and Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER, ROGERS, BLATT, DiSALLE and MacPHAIL. Judges CRUMLISH, JR. and CRAIG did not participate.

OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., July 17, 1979:

Petitioners, a class of people consisting of all full-time college or university students who were considered ineligible for General Assistance from January 1, 1978 to June 30, 1978 as a result of Act 14A, the Supplemental General Appropriations Act of 1977 which amended the General Appropriations Act of 1977, Act 11A, bring suit in an original action in this Court against the Department of Public Welfare (Department...

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