BENNETT v. WHITE

Nos. 88-1204, 88-1267.

865 F.2d 1395 (1989)

Mary BENNETT and Michaeline Forsythe, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants in 88-1204, v. John F. WHITE, Jr., Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare; James R. Adams, Director of The Office of Program Accountability of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare; Clyde Black, Director of the Claims Settlement Division of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare; William Slom, individually, and as Agent-In-Charge of the Claims Settlement Area Office of the Southeastern Region of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare; Robert J. Henry, individually, and as Support Director of Claims Settlement Area Office for the Southeastern Region of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Appellants in 88-1267.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy E. Hirsch, Deborah Harris (argued), Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants in No. 88-1204.

LeRoy Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Mary B. Seiverling (argued), Deputy Atty. Gen., Gregory R. Neuhauser, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Chief, Litigation Section, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellants in No. 88-1267.

Before GIBBONS, Chief Judge, SEITZ, Circuit Judge, and FARNAN, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied February 10, 1989.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Chief Judge:

The plaintiffs, Mary Bennett and Michaeline Forsythe, are class representatives in a class action which challenges the manner in which Pennsylvania officials administer the child support enforcement program established by Subchapter IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 651-667, and its...

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