Michigan Welfare Rights Organization v. Dempsey

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER CERTIFYING CLASS AND GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

PHILIP PRATT, District Judge.

These are actions for declaratory and injunctive relief brought by and on behalf of certain welfare recipients against John T. Dempsey in his capacity as Director of the Michigan Department of Social Services. Because they arise out of the same factual setting and present identical legal issues, all four cases have been consolidated for consideration and disposition in the same proceeding. Several individuals have also been permitted to intervene as plaintiffs upon…