Legal Opinion
Alexander v. Polk
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 17, 1984No. Nos. 83-1811, 83-1832PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:
This class action challenges the administration of the Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), 42 U.S.C.A. § 1786 (West 1978),1 by the City of Philadelphia in 1977 and 1978. The plaintiffs are a class of four-year-old children terminated from the WIC program without notice of the opportunity for a hearing, and a single individual, Andrea Carey, terminated by reason of her alleged use of abusive language to a grocery store clerk. The defendants are the City of Philadelphia, a number of its officials named in their individual…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by39 opinions
- West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. CaseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- Loretta E. Stana v. School District of the City of Pittsburgh and Charles N. AllebrandCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Eunice Samuels, Lorraine Warren v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- County of Dallas v. WilandTexas Supreme Court · 2007
- Kapps v. WingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
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