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DICKENSON v. PETIT

No. 82-1315.

692 F.2d 177 (1982)

Brenda DICKENSON, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Michael PETIT, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Mittel, Portland, Me., with whom Sewall, Mittel & Heffernan, Kathleen C. Caldwell, Solomon S. Goldman, and Hugh H. Calkins, Portland, Me., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Katherine Greason, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Human Services, Augusta, Me., with whom James Eastman Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Human Services, and William C. Nugent, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Division, Augusta, Me., were on brief, for defendant, appellee Michael Petit.

Joyce Elise McCourt, Asst. Regional Atty., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., with whom Richard S. Cohen, U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., and William H. Browder, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Bangor, Me., were on brief, for defendant, appellee Richard S. Schweiker.

Before DAVIS, CAMPBELL and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs represent a limited class of Maine recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children ("AFDC"). See 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 601-676 (West 1974 & Supp. 1975-1981). Maine, in calculating the size of their grants, no longer gave them the advantage of an "Earned Income Disregard" ("EID") after February 1, 1982. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief from the federal...

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