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LAMPTON v. BONIN

Civ. A. No. 68-2092.

299 F.Supp. 336 (1969)

Shirley LAMPTON and Luethel Williams, individually and on behalf of their minor children, and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Garland L. BONIN, individually, and in his capacity as Commissioner of Public Welfare of the Louisiana State Board of Public Welfare; Camille Adams, individually, and in his capacity as Chairman of the Louisiana State Board of Public Welfare; John J. McKeithen, individually, and in his capacity as Governor and Ex-Officio member of the Louisiana Board of Public Welfare; Lawrence Morel, Howard Gruenberg, J. Grady Madden, Mary Lou Winters, Joseph D. Hair, Jr., John D. Sittig, and Matt Milam, Jr., individually, and in their capacities as members of the Louisiana State Board of Public Welfare; and Doris Culver, individually and as Director of the Orleans Parish Department of Welfare, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

Dissenting Opinion April 21, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Schwartz, T. A., Richard A. Buckley and Robert Glass, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., William P. Schuler, 2nd, Henry J. Roberts, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., New Orleans, La., Horace Pepper, Gen. Counsel La. Dept. of Public Welfare, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and CASSIBRY and COMISKEY, District Judges.

COMISKEY, District Judge.

This action was brought to combat an attempt by the Louisiana Department of Welfare to make a 10% reduction in Aid to Dependent Children grants because of an unexpected rise in ADC recipients and a limited ADC budget. According to Garland L. Bonin, the Commissioner of Public Welfare, the sudden rise in the ADC case load resulted from the Supreme Court's decision in King v. Smith, 392 U.S. 309, 88 S.Ct. 2128...

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