Lopez v. Jamieson

OPINION

RICHMOND, Chief Judge.

This is a class action attacking the method used by the Arizona Department of Economic Security to compute the amount of monthly welfare benefits payable to eligible individuals under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. Plaintiffs are representative members of the’class in that the monthly AFDC benefits they receive for themselves and their children were adversely affected by the Prior Monthly Budget methods uniformly employed by DES. They contend PMB violates the supremacy clause of the United States Constitution because it conflicts with federal…