Legal Opinion
McClellan v. Shapiro
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 16, 1970No. Civ. 13267PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
BLUMENFELD, District Judge.
Plaintiffs in this class action 1 are nineteen year old AFDC recipients whose welfare benefits were discontinued by Section 5 of Public Act 730, a 1969 amendment to Connecticut’s state welfare statutes. 2 Section 5 defines a dependent child, for purposes of AFDC eligibility, 3 as follows:
“ ‘dependent child’ means a needy child under the age of nineteen, or who attains the age of nineteen while in full-time attendance in a secondary school during a school year, who has been deprived of parental support or care * * 4
They attack the statute on two…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Francis v. DavidsonDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972
- Wilczynski v. HarderDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1971
- In Re ConleyUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1983
- In Re ShumakerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Montana · 1991
- Osmond v. SpenceDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1971
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