RODRIGUEZ v. CUOMO

No. 1260, Docket 90-9092.

953 F.2d 33 (1992)

Balbina RODRIGUEZ; Susan Riley; Teresa Gonzales; Ana Fernandez; Donna Wade; Mary Harvey, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Mario CUOMO, individually and as Governor of the State of New York; Cesar Perales, individually and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence S. Kahn, Deputy Sol. Gen., New York City (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., Robert J. Schack, Judy E. Nathan, Asst. Attys. Gen., New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

John T. Hand, White Plains, N.Y. (Michael D. Hampden, Westchester Legal Services, Inc., White Plains, N.Y., Steven Telzak, Glennia R. Campbell, Bronx Legal Services, Inc., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CARDAMONE and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges, and PARKER, District Judge.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Any time analysis is undertaken of a federal assistance program we inevitably are faced with a legislative morass, created by complex statutes and regulations that spawn confusing and esoteric arguments. Yet, the complicated nature of the legal problems presented should not obscure the harsh choices at the human level that they represent. On this appeal we must construe a federal aid program designed...

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