Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Cuomo
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 9, 1990No. 89 Civ. 8541(VLB)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.
At issue in this action is whether the State of New York’s program for distributing federal funds through its Home Energy Assistance Program (“HEAP”) 1 violates the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 8621-8629 (“LI-HEAA”). At the oral argument on this matter on September 28, 1990 I found that it did. 2 This memorandum order supplements the reasons given on the record for that determination.
Plaintiffs are subsidized housing tenants whose heating costs are included in and paid as a part of their rent, but who make…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Crawford v. JanklowCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Boles v. EarlDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1985
3Cited by3 opinions
- Rodriguez v. CuomoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Rodriguez v. CuomoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Hill v. PeralesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991