THERIAULT v. BRENNAN

Nos. 80-1349, 80-1450.

641 F.2d 28 (1981)

Marie THERIAULT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The Honorable Joseph E. BRENNAN et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucinda White, Portland, Me., with whom Susan Calkins, Portland, Me., and John Whitehouse Cobb, Bangor, Me., were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William C. Nugent, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, Me., with whom Richard S. Cohen, Atty. Gen. and Rufus E. Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, Me., were on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before ALDRICH, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, a class of low-income residents of the State of Maine, appeal a decision of the district court 488 F.Supp. 286 holding that state officials, including defendant governor, did not violate the maintenance of effort requirement of the federal Energy Crisis Assistance Program (ECAP) by not funding special state legislation enacted to supplement the federal low income-heating program.<...

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