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HARKLESS v. ROWE

(15061)

232 Conn. 599 (1995)

CLARENCE HARKLESS ET AL. v. AUDREY ROWE, COMMISSIONER OF INCOME MAINTENANCE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 11, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory T. D'Auria, assistant attorney general, with whom were Christopher P. Hankins, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Hugh Barber, assistant attorney general, for the appellants (defendants).

Shirley Bergert, with whom was Garrett H. Tuller, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

PETERS, C. J., and CALLAHAN, BORDEN, BERDON, NORCOTT, KATZ and PALMER, JS.

PETERS, C. J.

The dispositive issue in these consolidated appeals is whether, without notice, general assistance recipients may be denied three month "extensions" of benefits merely because they previously have been suspended from the general assistance program. The plaintiffs, Clarence Harkless, Michelle Lawson and Rufino Pabon, are general assistance recipients who reside in the city of Meriden. The defendant Ann Whitney,

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