Legal Opinion
Ward v. Thomas
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 31, 1995No. Civ. 3-95-cv-1284 (JBA)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
ARTERTON, District Judge.
The plaintiff class of more than 50,000 persons who are heads of households of families receiving Aid to Families With Dependent Children (“AFDC”) in Connecticut have brought this civil rights action claiming that the defendant Joyce Thomas, Commissioner of the Department of Social Services, has failed to fulfill her federal statutory obligations in connection with her implementation of 1995 Conn.Aets 95-194, as amended by 1995 Conn.Acts 95-351 (to be codified at Conn.Gen.Stat. 17b-104) (“the Act”), which took effect July 1,…
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- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Wilder v. Virginia Hospital Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Alexander v. ChoateSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Krasaundra Ward, Akilah Bittle, Denise Miller, Yecenia Rivera, Philomena Collins, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Anne C. Clark, Jennifer Sherard, and Avery Fitzpatrick, Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Joyce Thomas, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Social Services, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Third-Party-DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Messier v. Southbury Training SchoolDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1996
- Ellis Center for Long Term Care v. DeBuonoNew York Supreme Court · 1998
- Ward v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Ward v. ThomasDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1998