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INDIANA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION v. BERGLAND

No. 78-1898.

598 F.2d 1055 (1979)

INDIANA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, INC., an Indiana Corporation, Bonita Johnson, Catherine Phipps, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert BERGLAND, Individually and in his capacity as United States Secretary of Agriculture, Wayne A. Stanton, Individually and in his capacity as Administrator of the Indiana Department of Public Welfare, Allen E. Greene, Individually and in his capacity as Director of the Food Stamp Division of the Indiana Department of Public Welfare, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Marple, Legal Services Organization of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Brien G. Kennedy, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and SWYGERT and TONE, Circuit Judges.

FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.

On December 1, 1977, this action was filed by Bonita Johnson, Jeanette Chrisman and Catherine Phipps, individual food stamp recipients, and the Indiana Welfare Rights Organization, an Indiana Corporation, as a nationwide class action, against the Secretary of Agriculture, Robert Bergland, and Indiana Welfare Officials Wayne Stanton and Allen Greene. The named plaintiffs claimed inability to pay the purchase price requirements of the food stamp...

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