MURRAY v. HUMAN SERVICES DEP'T


177 N.J. Super. 467 (1981)

MARILYN MURRAY, APPELLANT, v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, ANN KLEIN, COMMISSIONER, DIVISION OF PUBLIC WELFARE, G. THOMAS RITI, DIRECTOR, BERGEN COUNTY WELFARE BOARD, EDWARD TESTA, DIRECTOR, RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michaelene Loughlin argued the cause for appellant (Bergen County Legal Services).

David P. Schneider, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents (John J. Degnan, Attorney General, attorney; Erminie L. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Before Judges ALLCORN, PRESSLER and FURMAN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by FURMAN, J.S.C. (temporarily assigned).

Appellant is a full-time student at Bergen Community College with two dependent children. Her food stamp allotment under the joint federal-state program (Food Stamp Act, 7 U.S.C.A. § 2011 et seq.) was reduced by the Bergen County Welfare Board from $109 to $67 a month. The Director of the Division of Public Welfare, after an evidentiary hearing before an administrative...

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