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BUFFINGTON v. BEAL

Civ. A. No. 77-482.

430 F.Supp. 1281 (1977)

Ettie BUFFINGTON and Alice Thompson, Plaintiffs, v. Frank S. BEAL, Individually and in his own capacity as the Secretary of Public Welfare for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and James Dorsey, Individually and in his capacity as the Executive Director of the Allegheny County Board of Assistance, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

May 3, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis A. Lessem, Neighborhood Legal Services Association, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

John M. Duff, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TEITELBAUM, District Judge.

This is an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) (§ 1983's jurisdictional counterpart) and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202 for injunctive and declaratory relief from Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare policies which operate to deny otherwise eligible individuals public assistance in the form of state General Assistance benefits...

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