Legal Opinion
Bedford v. Sugarman
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 4, 1989No. 55358-1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDurham, J.
The present case, before this court on direct review from a judgment of the Thurston County Superior Court, tests the constitutionality of a state program providing in-kind food and shelter assistance to indigent alcoholics and drug addicts. The trial court held that the program infringes on the constitutional rights of its intended beneficiaries by requiring them to move into designated shelters in order to receive benefits. We reverse.
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The shelter assistance program at issue here was established by a 1987 legislative enactment, the Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Treatment and Support Act…
2Cases cited66 opinions
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- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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