WALKER v. O'BANNON

Civ. A. No. 80-353.

487 F.Supp. 1151 (1980)

Geraldine WALKER, Linda Neff, Ronald Moculski and Todd Clark, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Helen O'BANNON, Individually and in her capacity as Secretary of Public Welfare for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

Memorandum Granting Final Judgment April 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Feinstein and Lucinda Bush, Neighborhood Legal Services, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Robert S. Englesberg, Deputy Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.


OPINION

SNYDER, District Judge.

This Court has before it the equal protection challenge by recipients of assistance from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) to the Pennsylvania Legislature's elimination of certain individuals from such assistance by Act No. 1979-102, passed December 7, 1979 and effective 60 days thereafter, which provides:

"No general assistance shall be paid to any full-time student at a college or university who...

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