Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Blum
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 31, 1983PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The issue on this appeal is the appropriate standard to be applied by the court before denying attorney’s fees under section 1988 of title 42 of the United States Code.
Petitioners brought this proceeding to challenge the validity of respondents’ rulings denying public assistance to petitioner’s minor children. The denial was based upon the State Commissioner’s Administrative Directive 80ADM-1 issued January 30, 1980. That directive, issued in response to our decision in Matter of Gunn v Blum (48 NY2d 58), provided that “in the absence of a demonstration of lack of need,…
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4Cited by71 opinions
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