Legal Opinion
United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 1973No. 72-534PublishedCited by 853 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
This case requires us to consider the constitutionality of § 3 (e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, 7 U. S. C. § 2012 (e), as amended in 1971, 84 Stat. 2048, which, with certain exceptions, excludes from participation in the food stamp program any household containing an individual who is unrelated to any other member of the household. In practical effect, § 3 (e) creates two classes of persons for food stamp purposes: one class is composed of those individuals who live in households all of whose members are related to one another, and the other class consists of those individuals who live in…
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