Showers Ex Rel. Colon v. Cohen

MEMORANDUM

RAMBO, District Judge.

Procedural Background

This case comes before this court on multiple motions of the parties, all of which can be ruled on at this juncture. On May 20, 1986, plaintiffs Diann Showers and Lydia Colon, on behalf of themselves, their minor children and all other persons similarly situated filed an amended complaint against Walter Cohen, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW), and Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The complaint challenges the construction of defendants’ rules, by which…