Legal Opinion
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Lyng
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 14, 1986No. Civ. A. 84-3303PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
I
As described more fully in a Memorandum filed September 30, 1985, 1 this matter involves a challenge to the constitutionality of a 1981 amendment 2 to the Food Stamp Act of 1977. 3 That amendment precludes a household from becoming eligible for food stamps if a member of that household is on strike because of a labor dispute. 4 Accord ing to a Senate Committee report, the amendment is designed to promote government neutrality in labor disputes and to promote the food stamp program’s “underlying policy of tying receipt of food stamps to the ability and…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Weinberger v. SalfiSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Lyng v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Ledesma v. BlockCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- Eaton v. LyngDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1987
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers v. LyngDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1986
- Ledesma v. BlockCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
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