Annie Tyson v. Edward W. Maher, Commissioner of the State of Connecticut Welfare Department

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is by the Connecticut Welfare Commissioner from an order by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, M. Joseph Blumenfeld, Judge, granting extensive relief in connection with Connecticut’s administration of the federal Food Stamp Act, 7 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq. 1 Tyson v. Norton, 390 F.Supp. 545 (D.Conn.1975). Only two portions of the district court order are questioned here: first, the order to use a telephone or home interview in lieu of an office interview to certify food stamp applications in hardship situations where no household…