Cisco v. Lavine

There is no doubt that the Social Services’ departmental workload of this State is heavy. There is also no doubt that the statutes and regulations governing the administration of social services form part of the law of the land. And, finally, there is no doubt that both social service beneficiaries and social service administrators alike must obey that law.

This litany of familiar observation forms the backdrop of the case at hand. To most, the issue of government acting within a specified time limit on applications for social service benefits is not world-shaking in the scale of society’s…