Legal Opinion
New Jersey Welfare Rights Organization v. Cahill
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 10, 1973No. 72-2077PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This appeal raises the important question whether administrative changes instituted in 1971 by New Jersey in its program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) violated federal statutory requirements. The United States District Court for the District *725of New Jersey held that the state did not violate Social Security Act § 402(a) (23), 42 U.S.C. § 602(a) (23), when it converted its method of evaluating family needs from a case-by-case cost to a flat grant state-wide average method.1 We affirm.2
In an attempt to reform the state’s welfare system, improve its…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- Rosado v. WymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Snyder v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Rosado v. WymanDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1970
- Bass v. RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
- Morris Bass, Barney Scardino, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Nelson Rockefeller, Governor of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
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4Cited by17 opinions
- Thomas Moore, and Vermont Welfare Rights Association, Intervenor-Appellant v. Joseph Betit, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Social WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- National Organization for Women v. Mutual of Omaha InsuranceDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
- National Welfare Rights Organization v. WeinbergerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1974
- Keller v. ThompsonHawaii Supreme Court · 1975
- Everett v. SchrammCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
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