Legal Opinion
Bermudez v. U. S. Department of Agriculture
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 5, 1972No. Civ. A. 1534-72PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN LEWIS SMITH, Jr., District Judge.
Plaintiffs challenge the federal food stamp program policy of refusing to issue retroactive stamps to eligible households wrongly denied stamps due to administrative errors. The federal food stamp program has had a turbulent history. Retroactive benefits have been alternately denied by two administrative instructions and reinstated by a statutory amendment, administrative regulations, and finally by a federal court order. 1 ******Plaintiffs ask that this issue be finally resolved by permanently enjoining the federal policy and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Townsend v. SwankSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Carleson v. RemillardSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Moreno v. United States Department of AgricultureDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1972
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Carter v. ButzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Josephine Victorian and Ruth Helen Jones v. Barbara Miller, SupervisorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Bermudez v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Greenstein, Ex Rel. Horowitz v. BaneDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1993
- Stewart v. ButzDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1973
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