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WARD v. THOMAS

No. 98-6193.

207 F.3d 114 (2000)

Krasaundra WARD, Akilah Bittle, Denise Miller, Yecenia Rivera, Philomena Collins, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Anne C. Clark, Jennifer Sherard, and Avery Fitzpatrick, Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joyce THOMAS, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Social Services, Defendant-Appellant, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Third-Party-Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Barber, Assistant Attorney General for the State of Connecticut (Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General for the State of Connecticut, Richard J. Lynch, Patricia McCooey, Assistant Attorneys General, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Kathleen Keller, New Haven, CT (Kathleen A. Sullivan, Ian Carleton, The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, Shelley White, New Haven Legal Assistance Association, on the brief), for Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, JACOBS and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.

Judge STRAUB dissents in a separate opinion.

JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

In 1995, Connecticut General Statute § 17b-104 was amended to reduce benefits payable under the former Aid to Families with Dependent Children ("AFDC") program for those beneficiaries who also received housing subsidies. See 1995 Conn. Acts 95-351, § 2(d) (Reg.Sess.) (codified at Conn. Gen.Stat. § 17b-104 (1996)). The amendment was challenged under 42 U.S.C. § 1983...

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