Legal Opinion

Pelton v. Com., Dept. of Public Welfare

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 30, 1987No. 2 M.D. Appeal Docket 1986, 16 M.D. Appeal Docket 1986Published

1Opinion of the Court

514 Pa. 323 (1987)

523 A.2d 1104

Anna M. PELTON, et al., Petitioners/Appellees,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Respondent/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued December 1, 1986.

Decided March 30, 1987.

John A. Kane, Harrisburg, Jason W. Manne, Pittsburgh, for respondent/appellant.

Frederick M. Stanczak, Williamsport, for petitioners/appellees.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether welfare recipients who are gainfully employed or engaged in…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Weinberger v. SalfiSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. United States Department of Agriculture v. MorenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. United States v. LarionoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. James v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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