Baum v. Madigan

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DOWD, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION.

The plaintiffs in this case claim that the defendants, the Secretary of Agriculture as well as state and local officials, improperly treated the utility reimbursement checks the plaintiffs receive as tenants in federally assisted public housing as income which led to a reduction in the plaintiffs’ award of food stamps. In a Memorandum Opinion issued June 29, 1990 and published at 750 F.Supp. 845 (N.D.Ohio 1990) (“Baum I”), the Court agreed. Thereafter, the Court denied plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, denied plaintiffs’…