Randall Black v. Abraham Beame, Individually and as Mayor of the City of New York

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order by Judge Milton Pollack of the Southern District dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint on its face. Plaintiffs are nine brothers and sisters who allege that city and state welfare officials have not been making a conscientious effort to keep their family together, and that this violates the fourteenth amendment and the Social Security Act. We affirm on the ground that plaintiffs have failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

Plaintiffs’ complaint, filed in November 1975, sets forth the following facts. Mrs. Frances Black, the…