Daisy GOODWIN et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
George K. WYMAN, Commissioner of Social Services for the State of New York, individually and in his official capacity, and the New York State Department of Social Services, Defendants.
United States District Court, S. D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 7, 1971.
July 7, 1971.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John DeWitt Gregory, Community Action for Legal Services, Inc., New York City (Lawrence J. Fox, New York City, of counsel), George Cooper, Henry A. Freedman, Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law, New York City (Steven J. Cole, New York City, of counsel), Thomas McGanney, Donald T. MacNaughton, William B. Rozell, Fredric A. Newman, Bruce Buck, Jack Greenberg, Community Law Offices, New York City (Charles Stephen Ralston, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendants; Joel Lewittes, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.
Before KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge, and BONSAL and TENNEY, District Judges.
United States District Court, S. D. New York.
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
By order dated May 27, 1971, this statutory court was duly designated to hear and determine plaintiffs'1 constitutional challenge to Section 131-a of the New York Social Services Law, McKinney's Consol.Laws, c. 55, as amended by Chapter 133 of the Laws of 1971. Urging that amended Section 131-a is violative of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and inconsistent...
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