Legal Opinion
Valenzuela v. Espy
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided December 16, 1993No. CIV 93-456-TUC-RMBPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BILBY, District Judge.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Plaintiff was denied food stamp eligibility because she was a co-owner of a 1993 Dodge Caravan van which had a purchase price was $17,991.60, a Kelly Blue Book value of $14,-000 and a bank hen of $18,000. Plaintiff alleges that her vehicle should be considered an “inaccessible resource” under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(g)(5) since the hen more than the vehicle’s fair market value. Defendant Espy, and the State of Arizona by joinder, seek to dismiss this action because the legislative history, the long-standing valuation of vehicles using “fair market…
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