HILL v. BECHTEL

No. 9018SC1242.

417 S.E.2d 844 (1992)

Penny Lynn HILL, for herself and on Behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Louis BECHTEL, in his official capacity as Director of the Guilford County Department of Social Services, and John Hamrick, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Board of the Department of Social Services of Guilford County, a corporation, and the N.C. Department of Human Resources, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Central Carolina Legal Services by Stanley B. Sprague and Sorien K. Schmidt, Greensboro, for plaintiffs appellants.

County Attorney Jonathan V. Maxwell and Deputy County Atty. Lynne G. Schiftan, Greensboro, for Louis Bechtel and John Hamrick, defendants appellees.

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. Robert J. Blum, Raleigh, for North Carolina Dept. of Human Resources, respondent appellee.


COZORT, Judge.

On 18 April 1990, plaintiff Penny Lynn Hill applied for food stamps at the High Point office of the Guilford County Department of Social Services ("DSS"). Ms. Hill stated in her application that she had no property and only $3.00 cash on hand, that her only source of income was $50.00 per week child support paid to her by her estranged husband, and that her monthly apartment rent was $139.00 per month.

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