ROBERTS v. AUSTIN

No. 80-5384.

632 F.2d 1202 (1980)

Alice ROBERTS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edward T. AUSTIN, individually and in his official capacity as State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Greenberg, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stephen R. White, Asst. State's Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., for Austin, Atwater & Saitta.

Leo Stellwager, Dist. Counsel, Dept. of Health & Rehab. Services, Robert M. Eisenberg, Jacksonville, Fla., for HRS, David Pingree, et al.

Before HILL, KRAVITCH and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 13, 1981.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this case we must interpret the Food Stamp Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 2011-2027, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, to determine congressional intent concerning both the investigation of food stamp fraud and the confidentiality to be accorded the case files of food stamp recipients.

Appellants, food stamp recipients, appeal a district court order denying a...

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