Legal Opinion
Parks v. Harden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1974No. Nos. 73-1855 and 73-3220PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
These two class actions involving federal-state aid to mothers of unborn children require this Court to consider for the first time issues litigated in a number of other federal courts during the past two years: Does the failure of a state to provide benefits to mothers of unborn children under the joint federal and state Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program contravene provisions of the Social Security Act? Does the Act deny to unborn children or their mothers the equal protection of the laws ? The plaintiffs1 would, of course, have us answer in the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Rosado v. WymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- King v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Burns v. AlcalaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Ruth Friedman v. Stephen Berger, Individually and as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Civetti v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- West v. ColeDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1975
- Alcala v. BurnsDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1976
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