Legal Opinion
Green v. Philbrook
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided February 24, 1977No. Civ. A. 75-232PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
COFFRIN, District Judge.
This case presents a challenge to state and federal welfare regulations which reqüire indigent children and their parents or guardians to obtain Social Security Account Numbers (“SSN’s”) and furnish them to the government as a condition of eligibility for family welfare assistance. The regulations are said to conflict with provisions of the Social Security Act of 1935, as amended, and the Privacy Act of 1974, and to violate the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights to privacy and equal protection. The comparatively simple factual situation underlying the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- King v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Thorpe v. Housing Authority of DurhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- New York State Department of Social Services v. DublinoSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Philbrook v. GlodgettSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Dedham Water Company v. Cumberland Farms Dairy, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Andrus v. Charlestone Stone Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- State ex rel. Ogan v. TeaterOhio Supreme Court · 1978
- National Treasury Employees Union v. Alan K. Campbell, Chairman, United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Peter G. Eikenberry v. Nicholas P. CallahanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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