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DAVIS v. ROBINSON

Civ. A. No. 4488.

346 F.Supp. 847 (1972)

John Henry DAVIS et al. v. William P. ROBINSON, Jr., Individually and as Director of the Rhode Island State Agency for Elementary and Secondary Education, Maureen O'Connell, individually and as Coordinator of School Food Services for the R.I. State Agency for Elementary and Secondary Education.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

August 2, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay C. Lipner, Joseph F. Dugan, Peter W. Thoms, Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc., Providence, R. I., Stephen R. Elias, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Richard J. Israel, Atty. Gen., W. Slater Allen, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., for defendants.

OPINION

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

Claiming that needy school children have a constitutional and statutory right to receive free or reduced price school lunches, plaintiffs bring this civil rights action. The action is brought on behalf of the class of impoverished school children within the State who are not provided with free or reduced price school lunches, and it has been certified as a class action.

Jurisdiction is asserted on 28 U.S.C. § 1331...

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