Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. Affleck
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided April 25, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-004BPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FRANCIS J. BOYLE, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs bring this motion for preliminary injunction challenging the application of the so-called “lump sum” rule contained in the 1981 amendments to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (hereafter “AFDC”) program. This “lump sum” rule was contained in Section 2304 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law 97-35, which added a new Section 402(a)(17) to the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 602(a)(17).
In response to this 1981 amendment Defendant Schweiker, as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human…
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