CALLAHAN v. WOODS

No. C-78-1819 WHO.

559 F.Supp. 163 (1982)

Robert Dale CALLAHAN, Plaintiff, v. Marion WOODS, Director, California Department of Social Services; Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

December 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Jaroslovsky, Deanna Beeler, California Rural Legal Assistance, Santa Rosa, Cal., for plaintiff.

George Deukmejian, Atty. Gen., State of California, Charlton G. Holland, Winifred Y. Smith, Deputy Attys. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

ORRICK, District Judge.

In this case the Court of Appeals reversed a finding by this Court that plaintiff's First Amendment right to the free exercise of his religion was not violated by state and federal requirements that he obtain a social security number ("SSN") for his daughter in order to receive public assistance benefits to which he would otherwise be entitled. The Court of Appeals then having found that plaintiff's belief in the...

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