Legal Opinion
Houston Welfare Rights Organization, Inc. v. Vowell
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 11, 1975No. Civ. A. 73-H-296PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge.
In this action, plaintiffs challenge the manner in which the Texas Department of Public Welfare disburses funds under the program known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The named plaintiffs, representatives of a class of welfare recipients whose welfare checks were lowered by Texas’ conversion to a flat grant system on March 1, 1973, consist of the Houston Welfare Rights Organization, Inc., a non-profit corporation engaged primarily in providing welfare recipients with information as to their rights, as well as three…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Rosado v. WymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- King v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jefferson v. HackneySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Townsend v. SwankSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- National Welfare Rights Organization v. F. David Mathews, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Ruth Johnson v. Henry C. White, Commissioner of Welfare, State of ConnecticutCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Houston Welfare Rights Organization, Inc. v. Raymond W. Vowell, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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