Legal Opinion
Karen Foggs v. John R. Block, Thomas Spirito, Etc., Karen Foggs v. John R. Block
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 7, 1983No. 83-1270, 83-1320PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Defendants, the United States Secretary of Agriculture and the Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Welfare, appeal a judgment of the district court for the. District of Massachusetts. The district court held that the defendants deprived the plaintiffs of property without due process of law when they reduced plaintiffs’ food stamp benefits without first providing them with constitutionally adequate notice. The district court ordered restoration of benefits pending provision of adequate notice or recertification of the recipients’ files. The court also ordered extensive…
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