Burciaga v. Shea

This is an appeal from a preliminary injunction entered against the Colorado Department of Social Services and Con F. Shea, as executive director, invalidating certain rules promulgated by the Department. The action was brought under the Colorado Administrative Procedure Act challenging final agency action of July 12, 1974, by which the defendants repealed rules governing the Colorado program of welfare assistance to the permanently disabled, and established a program of assistance to the temporarily disabled. We affirm.

Prior to January 1, 1974, persons in Colorado who were permanently and…