SWIFT v. BLUM

No. 77 Civ. 2425 (HFW).

502 F.Supp. 1140 (1980)

Joanne SWIFT, individually and on behalf of her Minor Daughter, Michelle Swift, and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Lylia Roe, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Barbara BLUM, individually and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Defendants.

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

November 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

West Chester Legal Services, Inc., New Rochelle, N. Y., for plaintiffs; Eileen R. Kaufman, Martin A. Schwartz, White Plains, N. Y., of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City, for defendant Blum; Marion R. Buchbinder, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

WERKER, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Joanne Swift, individually, and on behalf of her minor daughter and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and directly under the fourteenth amendment, against defendants1 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief as well as monetary damages.2 The complaint alleges violation of plaintiffs' constitutional...

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