Legal Opinion
Groff v. Wohlgemuth
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 22, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 70-3340PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT.
We are called upon to measure against the equal protection clause of the Four*1017teenth Amendment, regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare which determine allowances for shelter and utilities to recipients of public assistance.1 A three-judge court has been convened because the case involves a federal constitutional attack upon welfare regulations of statewide applicability.2 The ease arises upon the complaint of two welfare recipients who assert that the shelter and utilities. regulations are…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Boucher v. MinterDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1972
- Cuffee v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Williams v. WohlgemuthDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
- Watson v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972