BRILL v. WING

Nos. 82-CV-1271, 79-CV-375.

937 F.Supp. 170 (1996)

Joseph BRILL, Edith Brill, Max Brownstein, and Beatrice Brownstein, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Brian WING, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, Gary Fritz, as Commissioner of the Ontario County Department of Social Services, and Marva Livingston Hammonds, as Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration, Defendants. David WILLIAMSON, by his next best friend, James ROBERTSON, on behalf of himself and all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Brian WING, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, Mary Pat Dolan, as Commissioner of the Tompkins County Department of Social Services, and Tompkins County, a municipal corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

August 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornell Legal Aid Society, Ithaca, NY, for Plaintiff Williamson and Plaintiff Class; Barry Strom, of counsel.

Greater Upstate Law Project, Rochester, NY, for Plaintiff Brill and Plaintiff Class; Ellen M. Yacknin, of counsel.

Ellice Fatoullah, New York City, for Plaintiff Brownstein and Plaintiff Class.

Legal Assistance of the Finger Lakes, Geneva, NY; Paul Ryther, of counsel.

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New York, Department of Law, Syracuse, NY, for Defendant Brian Wing; Joanne Hunt Piersma, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel.

Phillip Van Der Karr, Ontario County Department of Social Services, Canandaigua, NY, for Defendant Fritz Ontario County Courthouse.

Henry Theisen, Tompkins County Attorney, Ithaca, NY, for Defendant Dolan.

Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel, New York City, for Defendant Hammonds; David Drueding, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel.


MUNSON, Senior District Judge.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

Presently before the court are cross-motions concerning a consent decree entered into by the parties and "so ordered" on September 3, 1985. Doc. 47 in 79-CV-375; Doc. 24 in 82-CV-1271.1 The consent decree resolved disputes that had arisen over New York State's policy respecting the calculation of Medicaid benefits during the first six months an aged, blind, or...

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