COM. OF PA. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE v. HECKLER

Nos. 83-3190, 83-3280.

730 F.2d 923 (1984)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Petitioner, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services; United States Department of Health and Human Services, and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason W. Manne, Dept. of Public Welfare, Harrisburg, Pa., for petitioner.

Javier A. Arrastia, Asst. Regional Atty. (argued), David R. Culp, Acting Regional Atty., Dept. of Health & Human Services, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.

Before HUNTER and WEIS, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

The Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ("DPW") appeals from a refusal by the Secretary of Health and Human Services ("HHS") to reimburse DPW for certain expenses incurred in administering Pennsylvania's Aid to Families with Dependent Children ("AFDC") program. As is common with appeals of this nature, the knotty question of our jurisdiction overshadows the merits of the...

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