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GILCHRIST v. CALIFANO

No. 77 CIV 3732 (LBS).

473 F.Supp. 1102 (1979)

Roberta GILCHRIST, for herself and as the representative of the Estate of James Gilchrist, Sr., Kenneth Smith and Selma Smith, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Joseph A. CALIFANO, Jr., as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and Philip Toia, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

July 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee A. Hoffman, Jr., New City, N. Y., Jane Greengold Stevens, Legal Services for the Elderly Poor, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Robert Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, Gaines Gwathmey, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., State of New York, Emmanuel M. Kay, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendants.

OPINION

SAND, District Judge.

This action is brought by recipients of federal and state benefits under the federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, challenging the classifications used by New York State in providing supplemental state benefits as violative of both the Social Security Act and its implementing regulations, 42 U.S.C. § 1382 et seq., 20 C.F.R. § 416.2030, and the Equal Protection Clause. Plaintiffs seek declaratory...

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