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COM. OF PA., DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE v. U.S.

Nos. 85-5186 to 85-5198 and 85-5269 to 85-5271.

781 F.2d 334 (1986)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE and Cohen, Walter W., Secretary of Public Welfare v. UNITED STATES of America; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and Block, John, Secretary of Agriculture. Appeal of COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, in Nos. 85-5186/87/88/89/90/91/93/94/96/97. Appeal of UNITED STATES of America, et al., in Nos. 85-5192/95/98, Nos. 85-5269/70/71.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Calvin R. Koons, Deputy Atty. Gen., Jason W. Manne (Argued), Asst. Counsel, Dept. of Public Welfare, Office of Legal Counsel, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellants.

Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., David D. Queen, U.S. Atty., William Kanter, Freddi Lipstein (Argued), Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before ADAMS, Acting Chief Judge, and GIBBONS and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 21, 1986.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Acting Chief Judge.

The Food Stamp Program is designed to serve beneficial purposes, improving the nutrition and diet of less advantaged Americans and promoting the distribution and growth of this nation's agricultural products. 7 U.S.C. § 2011 (1982). It is financed and administered by the federal government, but participating states share considerable responsibility...

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