Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Lyng
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 7, 1988No. 88-1557PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
In this class action, food stamp claimants challenge the Secretary of Agriculture’s regulations enforcing certain provisions of the Food Stamp Act. The regulations implement the Act’s “voluntary quit” provision, which disqualifies households from participating in the food stamp program when the head of the household voluntarily quits his or her job without good cause. The district court invalidated the regulations. We reverse.
I
The voluntary quit provision of the Food Stamp Act, first enacted in 1977, provides that:
[N]o household shall be eligible to participate in the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States Department of Agriculture v. MorenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
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