Legal Opinion
Green v. Mansour
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 27, 1986No. 84-6270PublishedCited by 1,638 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
Petitioners brought two separate class actions in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against respondent Director of the Michigan Department of Social Services, claiming that respondent’s calculations of benefits under the federal Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) program violated certain provisions of that federal law. Before a final determination on the merits of either case could be made, Congress amended the relevant statutory provisions. It is undisputed that respondent’s calculations thereafter have conformed to federal law. Notwithstanding…
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