BECKER v. BLUM

No. 77 Civ. 2561 (VLB).

487 F.Supp. 873 (1980)

Itha David BECKER, Hannah M. Kneafsey, Plaintiffs, v. Barbara BLUM, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, and Muriel O'Connor, as Commissioner of the Sullivan County Department of Social Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

February 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mid-Hudson Legal Services, Inc. by David L. Posner, Monticello, N.Y., Greater Upstate Law Project by Rene Reixach, Rochester, N.Y., for plaintiffs.

S. Richard Gross, Social Services Atty., Liberty, N.Y., for defendant O'Connor.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City by George D. Zuckerman, Asst. Sol. Gen., Anne Marsha Tannenbaum, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendant Blum.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.

This class action was filed in late May, 1977, seeking to enjoin defendants from implementing an amendment to New York law which would have required that medicaid recipients make "co-payments" with respect to purchases of prescription drugs and other medical services and supplies. Named as defendants were the Commissioner of New York State's Department of Social Services and the Commissioner of the Department...

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