WARD v. THOMAS

Civ. No. 3-95-cv-1284 (JBA).

895 F.Supp. 406 (1995)

Krasaundra WARD, Akilah Bittle, Denise Miller, Yecenia Rivera and Philomena Collins, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, v. Joyce THOMAS, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Social Services, v. Donna SHALALA, Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

July 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Sullivan, the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, Shelley White, New Haven Legal Assistance, New Haven, CT, and Shirley Bergert, Connecticut Legal Services, Inc., Willimantic, CT, for plaintiffs.

Hugh Barber, Richard Lynch, Peter Brown, Atty. General's Office, Hartford, CT, for Joyce Thomas.

John Hughes, U.S. Attorneys' Office, New Haven, CT, for Donna Shalala.


RULING ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

ARTERTON, District Judge.

The plaintiff class of more than 50,000 persons who are heads of households of families receiving Aid to Families With Dependent Children ("AFDC") in Connecticut have brought this civil rights action claiming that the defendant Joyce Thomas, Commissioner of the Department of Social Services, has failed to fulfill her federal statutory obligations in connection with her implementation of...

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