Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Laupheimer
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 16, 1970No. Civ. A. 69-2421PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WRIGHT, District Judge.
I
This is a class action for declaratory and injunctive relief under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 1 Plaintiffs attack the constitutionality of statewide regulations 2 of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, thereby invoking the provisions of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281, 2284, and this three-judge court was convened. Jurisdiction for declaratory relief is proper under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202, as it is for violation of the Civil Rights Act under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3), (4).
The challenged regulations compel reduction, without prior hearing, of current grants…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- King v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Damico v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Doe v. ShapiroDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1969
3Cited by53 opinions
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- National Welfare Rights Organization v. F. David Mathews, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Francis v. DavidsonDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972
- Gunn v. BlumNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- National Welfare Rights Organization v. WeinbergerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1974
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