GATTO v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE ET AL.

No. 2055 C.D. 1977.

42 Pa.Commw. 365 (1979)

Louis Gatto, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare and Allegheny County Board of Assistance, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

May 1, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Sheller, with him Bruce M. Ludwig, for petitioner.

Linda M. Gunn, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Argued February 5, 1979, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., WILKINSON, JR. and MENCER, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, May 1, 1979:

Louis Gatto (Gatto) was employed, in August 1977, by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with a monthly income of $1164.20. He was paid biweekly and August 11, 1977 was a payday for him. When he did not receive his pay on that day because of a budget impasse existing in the General Assembly, he applied on the same day for food stamps for himself, his wife, and two minor children. Following the passage of the budget by the legislature...

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