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WILLIAMS v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

116 N.J. 102 (1989)

561 A.2d 244

FLOYD WILLIAMS, BUELAH DAVIS, CATHERINE DAWSON, JANE DOE, ELLA HARRIS, RODNEY MAYES, WALTER BUGG, JOHN DOE, LESTER ELLINGTON, GEORGE GENDER, HECTOR GONZALEZ, DONALD LEE JENKINS, MIRIAM JONES, CHERYL RANKINS, ANDRE STEPHENS, AND ANGELA WILLIS, RESPONDENTS, v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, APPELLANT. SAM JIMPERSON, ALLEN STINSON, ROSE MARY EVANS, WILLIAM DIMICK, ANN TATE, VERONICA COLLIER, LUCILLE COLONTONE, LOUIS ANTONIO, KENNETH BURRUS, FLOYD YANCEY, JACK MCCLELLAN, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, RESPONDENTS, v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Conklin, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Peter N. Perretti, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney, William Harla, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Shirley Brandman, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, argued the cause for respondents Floyd Williams, et al. (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Advocate, attorney).

Joseph Harris David argued the cause for respondents Sam Jimperson, et al. (Melville D. Miller, Jr., President, Legal Services of New Jersey, Inc., attorney).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

This case, like Franklin v. New Jersey Department of Human Services, 111 N.J. 1 (1988), concerns the validity of a regulation of the defendant agency that sets a five-month expiration period for a certain form of emergency assistance for public assistance recipients threatened with homelessness. The Appellate Division aptly described...

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