BOUVIER v. WILSON

No. 72-80.

431 A.2d 465 (1981)

Pamela BOUVIER, et al. v. David WILSON, Commissioner of Social Welfare.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

April 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Watts and Gretchen S. Bailey, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Burlington, for plaintiffs.

M. Jerome Diamond, Atty. Gen., Montpelier, and Michael O. McShane, Asst. Atty. Gen., Waterbury, for defendant.

Before BARNEY, C. J., LARROW, BILLINGS and HILL, JJ., and SHANGRAW, C. J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


BARNEY, Chief Justice.

The Department of Social Welfare issued a regulation, W.A.M. § 2613.2, restricting the duration of unlimited temporary housing payments under the General Assistance program to twenty-eight days in any six month period. The level of assistance would then drop to the level of the permanent housing allotment for the area. An action was brought on behalf of six plaintiffs challenging the regulation as unauthorized under the provisions of the...

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