Legal Opinion
Arlett Peoples v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 26, 1970No. 22574PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
This is an action brought by a number of poor people in the State of Alabama against the Secretary of Agriculture. Their complaint raises various statutory and constitutional objections to the way in which the defendants are administering the Food Stamp Act of 1964,1 and the Commodities Distribution Program which is predicated primarily on Section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935,2 and on Section 416 of the Agriculture Act of 1949.3
It may be helpful if our discussion focuses on a principal, if not primary, claim by plaintiff, that the Secretary’s Food Stamp Program…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Stark v. WickardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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- Joseph Curran, Individually and on Behalf of All the Members of the National Maritime Union of America, Afl-Cio v. Melvin R. LairdCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Marshall v. CrottyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
3Cited by124 opinions
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- Miriam Rodway v. The United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Karl W. Hahn v. Joseph GottliebCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- National Treasury Employees Union v. Richard M. Nixon, Individually and as President of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Association of American Medical Colleges v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary, Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
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