MEYER v. LYNG

No. 87-2614.

859 F.2d 62 (1988)

Harold E. MEYER, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellant, v. Richard LYNG, Individually and in his official capacity as Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Nancy Norman, Individually and in her capacity as Commissioner, Iowa Department of Human Services, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kay Delafield, Waterloo, Iowa, for appellant.

Daniel W. Hart, Des Moines, Iowa, and Margaret M. Breinholt, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before HEANEY and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


LARSON, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff Harold E. Meyer brought this class action challenging the standards used to determine eligibility for food stamps, alleging no two-party check which is retained by a creditor to satisfy a debt should be counted as "income." The district court1 granted summary judgment in favor of defendants the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of the Iowa Department of Human Services, and plaintiff...

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