Legal Opinion

Avanzo v. Rhode Island Department of Human Services

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided May 18, 1993No. 92-662-AppealPublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on an appeal by the director of the Rhode Island Department of Human Services and the Rhode Island Department of Human Services (department) from a judgment entered in the Superior Court declaring that certain procedures implemented by the department that deleted approximately a thousand incapacitated adults from the General Public Assistance program (GPA) did not meet the standards required by due process of law. The Superior Court judgment also accorded the members of the plaintiff class certain injunctive relief. We affirm. The facts…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Brennan v. KirbySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1987
  3. Lawrence v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1987
  4. Mary Dilda v. Arthur Quern, Director, Illinois Department of Public AidCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
  5. Ortiz v. EichlerDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1985

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Wilkinson v. State Crime Laboratory CommissionSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2002
  2. Richardson v. United States (In Re Anton Noll, Inc.)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2002
  3. Elizabeth Boyer v. Chief Judge Haiganush BedrosianSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2012
  4. Taylor v. Rhode IslandCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
  5. Dunbar v. TammelleoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996

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