Legal Opinion
Philpott v. Essex County Welfare Board
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 10, 1973No. 71-5656PublishedCited by 360 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
Wilkes, 1 one of the petitioners, applied to respondent, one of New Jersey’s welfare agencies, for financial as sistance based upon need by reason of permanent and total disability. As a condition of receiving assistance, a recipient is required by New Jersey law to execute an agreement to reimburse the county welfare board for all payments received thereunder. 2 The purpose apparently is to enable the board to obtain reimbursement out of subsequently discovered or acquired real and personal property of the recipient.
Wilkes applied to respondent for such assistance in 1966 and he executed the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Porter v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Tressie Savoid, Committee of George David Savoid v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Essex County Welfare Board v. PhilpottSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
- District of Columbia v. James T. Reilly, Committee for Bryan Andrew ReidCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Essex Co. Welfare Bd. v. PhilpottNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1969
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3Cited by360 opinions
- Quern v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hisquierdo v. HisquierdoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Washington State Department of Social & Health Services v. Guardianship Estate of KeffelerSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Finberg v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Bernier v. BurrisIllinois Supreme Court · 1986
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