Kelly v. Wyman

MEMORANDUM

FREDERICK van Pelt BRYAN, District Judge:

The present suit is one of the growing number in which welfare recipients are challenging the fairness of the procedures by which the system of public assistance is administered. See, e. g., Thompson v. Shapiro, 270 F.Supp. 331 (D.Conn.1967), prob. juris, noted, 389 U.S. 1032, 88 S.Ct. 784, 19 L.Ed.2d 820 (Jan. 15, 1968); Smith v. King, 277 F. Supp. 31 (M.D.Ala.1967), prob. juris, noted, 390 U.S. 903, 88 S.Ct. 821, 19 L. Ed.2d 869. The eight individual plaintiffs in this consolidated action are all New York City residents whose welfare…