McCOOG BY AND THROUGH FERGUSON v. HEGSTROM

No. 81-3709.

690 F.2d 1280 (1982)

Robin, Cathie, and Candy McCOOG, minor children, By and Through their mother and next friend, Eileen FERGUSON; Rhonda, Jerome, and Chago Ackles and Loretta Williams, minor children, by and through their grandfather and next friend, James Ackles; Eric and Jason Howard, minor children, by and through their mother and next friend, Linda Tyson; Carl Brown and Cheryl McFarland, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Leo HEGSTROM, individually and in his capacity as Director of the Department of Human Relations of the State of Oregon, Keith Putman, individually and in his capacity as Assistant Director of Adult and Family Services Division of the State of Oregon, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen H. Green, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, Or., for defendants-appellants.

Amy Veranth, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before SNEED, and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges, and STEPHENS, District Judge.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

This is a class action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by a group of needy dependent children to challenge the validity of rules promulgated by the State of Oregon's Department of Human Resources, Adult and Family Services Division (AFS). The AFS rules reduce the shelter component of the Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) grant when children receiving ADC benefits live with caretaker relatives who are not included in the ADC grant and are not...

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