PHILADELPHIA CITIZENS IN ACTION v. SCHWEIKER

Civ. A. No. 81-4452.

527 F.Supp. 182 (1981)

PHILADELPHIA CITIZENS IN ACTION by Roxanne Jones, Executive Director and Trustee Ad Litem and Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization, by Louise Brookins, Executive Director and Trustee Ad Litem v. Richard SCHWEIKER, Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services and Helen O'Bannon, Secretary, Department of Public Welfare Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

November 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas G. Dye, C.L.S., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

John O. J. Shellenberger, Deputy Atty. Gen., Com. of Pa., Philadelphia, Pa., Linda L. Cromwell, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D. C., for defendants.


OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this action on October 30, 1981 seeking preliminary and permanent injunctive and declaratory relief against federal and state defendants to prevent them from "taking any agency action based in whole or in part on Federal AFDC Regulations published at 46 Fed.Reg. 4670 et seq. (9/21/81), and upon conforming State AFDC Regulations ...." Plaintiffs are welfare rights advocates whose membership...

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