Legal Opinion
Louise Compton v. The Tennessee Department of Public Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1976No. 75-1314PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Louise Compton from a summary judgment entered in the District Court denying declaratory and in-junctive relief against the Tennessee Department of Public Welfare and the Secretary of Agriculture. Plaintiff’s complaint challenges the validity of a policy of the Department of Agriculture which includes rent subsidy payments in the calculation of income under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 as amended, 7 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq.
In a carefully written opinion reported at 386 F.Supp. 944, District Judge Robert L. Taylor held that the policy did not offend the…
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