Legal Opinion
Robert Begins and Patricia Begins v. Paul Philbrook, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Social Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 25, 1975No. 482, Docket 74-2140PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
Robert and Patricia Begins appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, Albert W. Coffrin, J., dismissing as moot their complaint against Paul Philbrook, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Social Welfare. Plaintiffs attack a Vermont regulation that makes ineligible for welfare benefits any family owning two operable motor vehicles, without regard to the value of the automobiles. The suit was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. §§. 2201, 2202, and jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343(3), (4).…
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