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RIVERA v. DUNN

Civ. No. 14517.

329 F.Supp. 554 (1971)

Minerva RIVERA, individually and on behalf of her minor children and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Daniel DUNN, Director of Welfare, City of New Haven, and Henry C. White, Commissioner of Welfare, State of Connecticut, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

July 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Lesser, William H. Clendenen, Jr., Stuart Bear, New Haven, Conn., for plaintiffs; John M. Creane, Bridgeport, Conn., of counsel for intervening plaintiffs.

James M. Higgins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Francis J. MacGregor, Asst. Atty. Gen., East Hartford, Conn. (Thomas F. Keyes, Jr., Stephen G. Friedler, New Haven Conn., of counsel), for defendants.

Before SMITH, Circuit Judge, and CLARIE and ZAMPANO, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This action was brought in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut seeking a declaratory judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202 striking down as unconstitutional a statute recently enacted by the legislature of Connecticut requiring persons receiving public assistance to have been residents of the state for at least one

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