REED v. BLINZINGER

Nos. 86-1780, 86-1816.

816 F.2d 296 (1987)

Brenda REED, for herself and her minor children Michael Reed and Tony Reed; Linda Evans, for herself and her minor child Thedell Atwone Polk, and for all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Donald L. BLINZINGER, in his official capacity as Administrator of the Indiana State Department of Public Welfare, and Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1987.

As Corrected April 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Goeser, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Chicago, Ill., John Daniel Tinder, U.S. Atty., for defendants-appellants.

Dennis Frick, East Central Legal Services Program, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

We hereby adopt the thorough and well reasoned district court opinion written by Judge Steckler below, Reed v. Blinzinger, 639 F.Supp. 130 (S.D.Ind.1986), and also concur in the reasoning of the Ninth Circuit's decision in Vance v. Hegstrom, 793 F.2d 1018 (9th Cir.1986). We believe that both the district court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly determined...

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