Story v. Roberts

OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM A. McRAE, District Judge:

Plaintiffs and intervenors, public welfare recipients, invoke the jurisdiction of this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and (4), 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and 28 U.S.C. § 2201, § 2202, § 2281. They institute this class action for declaratory, injunctive and retroactive relief against state welfare officials on the grounds that Fla.Stat. § 409.245 (1971), F.S.A., and state regulations thereunder, violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the fourteenth amendment. Plaintiffs and intervenors additionally assert that this Florida…