Mothers' and Children's Rights Organization v. William R. Sterrett

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

The district court in this civil rights 1 class action granted the Mothers’ and Children’s Rights Organization, et al. (plaintiffs) permanent injunctive relief against Indiana’s Administrator of Public Welfare and members of the Welfare Board restraining them from terminating or reducing Public Assistance Benefits unless the recipients are afforded a prior hearing. Defendants have appealed. 2 We affirm.

Plaintiffs are an unincorporated association of welfare recipients and some association members who were found to represent the class of plaintiffs which includes all…