Legal Opinion
Albany Welfare Rights Organization v. George K. Wyman, Individually and as Commissioner of Social Services for Thestate of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 14, 1974No. 210, Docket 73-1580PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GURFEIN, District Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Northern District of New York, Judge Foley, entered on February 12, 1973, denying plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction after a hearing and dismissing the complaint.
Plaintiffs are the Albany Welfare Rights Organization (AWRO) and individual members and welfare recipients. AWRO is a local chapter of the Upstate New York affiliate of the National Welfare Rights Organization, which has some 150,000 members in approximately 850 local organizations throughout all fifty states. At the time of the hearing…
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