UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA v. BLOCK

Civ. No. 82-5078.

578 F.Supp. 1417 (1982)

The UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO-CLC, and United Steelworkers of America, Local Union No. 7044. v. John R. BLOCK, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture; Allan C. Nickels, Mountain Plains Regional Director of the Family Nutrition Program, United States Department of Agriculture; James Ellenbecker, Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Social Services; Judith Thompson, Program Administrator, South Dakota Office of Food Stamps.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, W.D.

December 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Finch, Finch & Viken, Rapid City, S.D., for plaintiffs.

Philip N. Hogen, U.S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S.D., Douglas E. Kludt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, S.D., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BOGUE, Chief Judge.

In this case, the United Steelworkers of America, and its Local No. 7044, (hereinafter "Union"), challenge on several grounds the interpretation given by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to its regulations under the Food Stamp program concerning the ineligibility of persons "on strike." 7 U.S.C. § 2015(d)(4) provides, inter alia, "... a household shall not participate in the food stamp...

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