WEEKS v. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. 22 EAP 2019.

222 A.3d 722 (2019)

Jasmine WEEKS, Vanessa Williams, Arnell Howard, Patricia Shallick, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: December 18, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louise Ellen Hayes, Esq. , Amy E. Hirsch, Esq. , Maripat Pileggi, Esq. , Richard P. Weishaupt, Esq. , Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, Carol Anne Horowitz, Esq. , Robin Resnick, Esq. , Disability Rights Pennsylvania, Maria Katherine Pulzetti, Esq. , for Appellants.

Andrew Chapman Christy, Esq. , ACLU of Pennsylvania, for City of Philadelphia, Appellant Amicus Curiae, ACLU of Pennsylvania, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Victoria Anna Foltz Cordova, Esq. , Dorothy Alicia Hickok, Esq. , Chanda Ann Miller, Esq. , Nicholas J. Stevens, Esq. , Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP, for Hunger-Free Pennsylvania, Appellant Amicus Curiae, Disabled in Action of PA, Appellant Amicus Curiae, Liberty Resources, Inc., Appellant Amicus Curiae, The Homeless Advocacy Project, Appellant Amicus Curiae, The Coalition for Low Income Pennsylvanians, Appellant Amicus Curiae, The AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, Appellant Amicus Curiae, The Women's Law Project, Appellant Amicus Curiae, Success Against All Odds, Appellant Amicus Curiae, The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, Appellant Amicus Curiae, DiGirolamo, Gene, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Donald Marritz, Esq. , Community Justice Project, for City of Philadelphia, Appellant Amicus Curiae, ACLU of Pennsylvania, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Witold J. Walczak, Esq. , American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, for City of Philadelphia, Appellant Amicus Curiae, ACLU of Pennsylvania, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Robert F. Williams, Esq. , for City of Philadelphia, Appellant Amicus Curiae, ACLU of Pennsylvania, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Lawrence Jay Beaser, Esq. , Heidi Grace Crikelair, Esq. , Megann Elizabeth Gibson, Esq. , Christopher A. Lewis, Esq. , Blank Rome LLP, Doris M. Leisch, Esq. , Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Bureau of Hearings and Appeals, Frank Louis Tamulonis III, Esq. , for Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

This is a direct appeal in the context of a process-based constitutional challenge to legislation which amended certain aspects of Pennsylvania's Human Services Code. Most notably for our purposes, the enactment terminated a cash assistance program for certain low-income individuals, which was administered...

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