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S.L. v. WHITBURN

Nos. 94-3213, 94-3248 and 94-3292.

67 F.3d 1299 (1995)

S.L., P.W., B.S., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. Gerald WHITBURN, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services of the State of Wisconsin, J. Jean Rogers, in her official capacity as Administrator of the Division of Economic Support of the Department of Health and Social Services of the State of Wisconsin, and Thomas Brophy, individually and in his official capacity as Director of the Milwaukee County Department of Human Services, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Fitzgerald, Coffey, Coffey & Geraghty Milwaukee, WI, Shirin Cabraal, Jeffrey R. Myer (argued), Legal Action of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, Louis M. Bograd, Washington, DC, for S.L., P.W., B.S., M.A. and H.B.

Donald P. Johns (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Gerald Whitburn and J. Jean Rogers.

John F. Jorgensen (argued) Office of the Corporation Counsel, Milwaukee, WI, for Thomas Brophy.

Helen Hershkoff, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, for S.L., P.W., B.S., and H.B.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in this class action receive benefits through the Food Stamp and Aid to Families with Dependent Children programs. They brought suit alleging that the procedures used by the defendants to verify eligibility for these public assistance programs violated certain federal regulations as well as the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court certified the class and later it granted, in large part, the plaintiffs' motion for...

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