Legal Opinion
Ward v. Clark
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 24, 2000No. 98-6193PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge STRAUB dissents in a separate opinion.
JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
In 1995, Connecticut General Statute § 17b-104 was amended to reduce benefits payable under the former Aid to Families with Dependent Children (“AFDC”) program for those beneficiaries who also received housing subsidies. See 1995 Conn. Acts 95-351, § 2(d) (Reg.Sess.) (codified at Conn. Gen.Stat. § 17b-104 (1996)). The amendment was challenged under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by a class of AFDC beneficiaries seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against defendant-appellant Joyce Thomas, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of…
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