Legal Opinion
Debra Estey v. Commissioner, Maine Department of Human Services
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 20, 1994No. 93-1453PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment on stipulated facts upholding a policy of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that reduces their food stamp benefits. The district court upheld the USDA policy of counting as income for food stamp purposes the utility reimbursements plaintiffs receive from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and from the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA). Estey v. Commissioner, Maine Dep’t of Human Servs., 814 F.Supp. 152 (D.Me.1993). Because we conclude that the energy-related components of HUD and FmHA utility…
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