Legal Opinion
New Mexico Department of Health & Social Services v. Secretary of Agriculture
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided March 29, 1973No. Civ. 9276PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRATTON, District Judge.
This action is for a declaratory judgment that neither plaintiff is liable to the defendants for an amount equal to the full face value of unrecovered food stamps stolen from a Food Stamp Sales Unit in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Plaintiffs also ask that a determination made by defendants which charges the plaintiff state agency for the full face value of the stolen and unrecovered stamps be set aside.
Jurisdiction over this controversy is authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 1331. The parties have filed a statement of agreed facts and have submitted briefs in…
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