Legal Opinion
United Low Income, Inc. v. Dean Fisher, M.D., Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner of Health and Welfare for the State of Maine
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 29, 1972No. 72-1138PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
The appellants 1 in this class action have sought a declaratory judgment and an injunction restraining the Commissioner of the Maine State Department of Health and Welfare from terminating welfare (AFDC-U) and Medicaid benefits previously granted to families with unemployed fathers.
The State of Maine, in 1969, had elected to broaden its Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program so as to include provision for payments on behalf of needy children deprived of support or care by reason of their father’s unemployment. In so doing, Maine took advantage of a 1961 amendment to Title IV…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- King v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Clarence Jackson v. Hon. Emett C. Choate, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Bass v. RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Thomas Moore, and Vermont Welfare Rights Association, Intervenor-Appellant v. Joseph Betit, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Social WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Doe v. IsraelCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Tappen v. State, Department of Health & WelfareIdaho Supreme Court · 1977
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State v. Newell J. Paire, as Commissioner of Education of the State of New HampshireCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Baxter v. MinterDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1974
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