Legal Opinion
Hurley v. Van Lare
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 5, 1974No. 72 Civ. 3423, 73 Civ. 699PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs complain on behalf of a class of some 10,000 that the New York State regulations automatically reducing aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) (42 U.S.C. §§ 601-644) if the recipient houses a noncontributing “lodger” are unlawful both on constitutional and statutory grounds. Separate civil rights actions were brought in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. 42 U.S.C. § 1983; 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) ; Fed.R.Civ.P. 23.
In each action the District Court sustained plaintiffs’ statutory claim without considering the constitutional issues. Hurley v.…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bell v. BursonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- King v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleurSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Van Lare v. HurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Lora v. Board of Ed. of City of New YorkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1978
- Roseanna Roselli v. John J. Affleck, Individually and in His Capacity as Director of the Rhode Island Department of Social and Rehabilitative ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- McLaughlin v. WohlgemuthDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
- McKenna v. Peekskill Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1980
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