Legal Opinion
Holley v. Lavine
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 13, 1979No. Nos. 1152-1154, Dockets 79-7182, 79-7190 and 79-7207PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
This case raises difficult issues of application of the Eleventh Amendment in suits involving welfare benefits. For reasons given below, we affirm a district court judgment that awards plaintiff such benefits retroactively against a County Social Services Commissioner, denies such an award against a State Social Services Commissioner and awards counsel fees to plaintiff against both defendants.
In April 1975, Gayle McQuoid Holley, individually and on behalf of her six children, sued Abe Lavine, then Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, and…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Luis J. Laje v. R. E. Thomason General HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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