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BEDFORD v. SUGARMAN

No. 55358-1.

112 Wn.2d 500 (1989)

772 P.2d 486

SHERYL BEDFORD, ET AL, Respondents, v. JULE SUGARMAN, as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Janet Frickelton, Assistant, for appellants.

Deborah Perluss and Stan Taylor of Evergreen Legal Services, for respondents.

DURHAM, J.

The present case, before this court on direct review from a judgment of the Thurston County Superior Court, tests the constitutionality of a state program providing in-kind food and shelter assistance to indigent alcoholics and drug addicts. The trial court held that the program infringes on the constitutional rights of its intended beneficiaries by requiring them to move into designated shelters in order to receive benefits. We reverse.

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