Torres v. New York State Department of Labor

This class action was commenced by New York recipients of unemployment benefits seeking a declaratory judgment that New York Labor Law §§ 597, 598, and 620 (McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 31, 1965) violated the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and § 303(a) (1) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 503(a) (1) (1970), “insofar as [those sections] authorize the suspension or termination of unemployment compensation benefits without a prior hearing.” In addition plaintiffs sought a permanent injunction preventing enforcement of these provisions unless a hearing prior to the…