Legal Opinion
Stevens v. Berger
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 3, 1977No. 76 C 1554PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Virginia and David Stevens, acting for themselves and on behalf of their four minor children, seek a permanent injunction prohibiting the State of New York Department of Social Services, the Suffolk County Department of Social Services, and the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare from withdrawing their welfare benefits. Insistence that the children obtain social security numbers as a condition of continued public assistance allegedly violates their right of free exercise ofi religion under the First Amendment of the United States…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Frank Africa v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Leroy S. Zimmerman (Attorney General) Bureau of Corrections Ronald Marks (Commissioner of b.o.c.)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- United States v. David MeyersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
- Lewis, Mamie A. v. Califano, Joseph, Jr., Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare (d.c. Civil No. 78-0861)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Callahan v. WoodsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Callahan v. WoodsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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