State of Louisiana v. Butz

E. GORDON WEST, District Judge:

This case comes to the Court on two motions, one by the plaintiff for summary judgment and one by the defendant for summary judgment. The facts of the case have been stipulated to and are essentially as follows.

Under 7 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq. (popularly referred to as the Food Stamp Act), and under the regulations promulgated by the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant thereto, the Department of Agriculture and the various States were authorized to enter into agreements whereby food stamps would be distributed to eligible residents residing in the…