Legal Opinion
Ward v. Winstead
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided July 1, 1970No. GC 6829PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEADY, District Judge:
Plaintiffs, black recipients of public assistance under the Mississippi Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) Program, and residents of Leflore County, Mississippi, bring this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Commissioner of Public Welfare of the State of Mississippi, the members of the State Board of Public Welfare, and the Leflore County Welfare Agent, attacking the validity and constitutionality of: (1) the Mississippi administrative regulations 1 2 re-stricting ADC recipients to 30% of computed need, and (2) the Mississippi statute limiting grants to each ADC…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Rosado v. WymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- King v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Arizona State Department of Public Welfare v. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Maricopa County Legal Aid Clients v. Arizona State Department of Public Welfare and Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Junghans v. Department of Human Resources of District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Eula Mae Fisher, for Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. The Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Phipps v. Irby Const. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1993
- West v. ColeDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1975
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