Cindy Gregory v. Town of Pittsfield

Justice O’Connor, with whom Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall join,

dissenting.

This petition raises important and unresolved issues concerning the protection afforded by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to applicants for general assistance. Because the decision below relies on a questionable reading of this Court’s precedent to hold that such applicants are entitled to no procedural safeguards whatsoever and, alternatively, that state law remedies provide sufficient due process, I would grant certiorari.

Petitioner Cindy Gregory and her husband on April 13, 1982, filed an…