Legal Opinion
Janice Foster, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Center Township of Laporte County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 13, 1986No. 85-1560PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Janice Foster, brought claims, on her behalf and on behalf of those similarly situated, challenging the poor-relief eligibility guidelines adopted in 1981 by the defendants, including inter alia, Center Township, its Trustee, Helen Salek, and LaPorte County, Indiana. These claims were based upon federal and state statutory provisions, and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court entered judgment against the plaintiff on all claims pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b). The plaintiff appeals only from the judgment on her state…
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