Legal Opinion
Rothstein v. Wyman
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 7, 1972No. 812, Docket 72-1359PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:
The challenge to the decree of the District Court presently before us relates only the remedial provisions of that decree which direct the retroactive payment of public assistance benefits in respect of certain periods in 1969. The welfare programs in question entail the use of both state funds and federal grants. Looking to the statutory scheme which embodies that cooperative approach, we conclude that it was not an appropriate exercise of general equity jurisdiction for a federal court to compel the payments in question. We are also of the view that, in any event,…
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