Legal Opinion
Lund v. Affleck
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided January 15, 1975No. Civ. A. 74-36PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
This is a civil action for declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 and 28 U.S.C. secs. 2201 and 2202.
The plaintiffs are needy unwed mothers and children of Rhode Island whose applications for benefits as families with dependent children were denied because of an unwritten informal policy of the Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services not to pay such benefits to applicants under 18 years of age regardless of eligibility. The plaintiffs in this case otherwise qualify in that the father of each child is absent from home and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Domenic Lund v. John J. Affleck, Doris Palmieri v. John J. Affleck, Inmates of the Boys' Training School v. Bradford E. SouthworthCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Lund v. AffleckDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1977
- Redhail v. ZablockiDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1976
- Westcott v. CalifanoDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1978
- Sherman v. GriepentrogDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1991
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