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ALVARADO v. SCHMIDT

Civ. A. No. 69-C-210.

317 F.Supp. 1027 (1970)

Tibursio and Maria ALVARADO, Mary Deleon, Agnes Hanson, Betty Hanson, Dolores Hill, and Corinne Rolo, individually and on behalf of their minor children and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Wilbur J. SCHMIDT, individually and as Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, Franklin Walsh, individually and as Chairman of the Wisconsin Board of Health and Social Services, Joseph E. Baldwin, individually and as Director of the Milwaukee County Department of Public Welfare, and William F. O'Donnell, individually and as Chairman of the Milwaukee County Board of Public Welfare, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Wisconsin.

September 29, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Walrath, Richard M. Klein, Eric Schulenburg and Steven H. Steinglass, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Robert W. Warren, Atty. Gen., and Donald P. Johns, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for defendants, Wilbur J. Schmidt and Franklin Walsh.

Robert P. Russell, Corporation Counsel and James J. O'Donnell, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants, Joseph E. Baldwin and William F. O'Donnell.

Before FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge, and DOYLE and REYNOLDS, District Judges.

OPINION AND ORDER

REYNOLDS, District Judge.

This is an action challenging the reduction of AFDC welfare benefits in the State of Wisconsin on the grounds that the reductions are (1) unconstitutional because they unfairly discriminate against the recipients of the AFDC program, and (2) violate federal law.

Plaintiffs and their children receive grants under the Wisconsin Aid to Families with Dependent Children ("AFDC") program and bring this class...

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