Legal Opinion
Casey v. O'BANNON
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 23, 1982No. 81-5278PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
In early November, 1981, defendants Helen O’Bannon, Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare, and Barry Roth, Director of the Office of Hearing Appeals, instituted new procedures which require that rejected applicants 1 for public assistance 2 pursue appeals in one of six regional hearing centers for a so-called face-to-face hearing. Those appellants who find travel to the regional site onerous, or impossible, have the option of presenting their cases to a hearing examiner over the telephone.
Plaintiffs 3 , all indigent applicants for public…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Detroit Base Coalition for the Human Rights of the Handicapped v. Department of Social ServicesMichigan Supreme Court · 1988
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- Gray Panthers v. SchweikerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Holy Spirit Ass'n for the Unification of World Christianity v. HodgeDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1984
- Sterling v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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