Grueschow v. Harris

William Janklow, the Governor of South Dakota, and James Ellenbecker, the Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, appeal1 a decision of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota2 finding South Dakota’s administration of last winter’s federal energy assistance program to low income individuals to be in violation of the applicable federal regulations and the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment. We affirm the district court’s finding that South Dakota violated applicable federal regulations concerning the program.

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On November 27,…