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PHILADELPHIA WELFARE RIGHTS ORG'N v. O'BANNON

Civ. A. No. 81-4369.

525 F.Supp. 1055 (1981)

PHILADELPHIA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, by Louise Brookins, Executive Director and Trustee Ad Litem and Philadelphia Citizens in Action, by Roxanne Jones, Chairperson and Trustee Ad Litem, on behalf of their members and the class they seek to represent v. Helen O'BANNON, Secretary Department of Public Welfare, John Cuddy, Acting Deputy Secretary for Income Maintenance, Donald Dougherty, Deputy in Charge of Philadelphia County, Don Jose Stovall, Executive Director, Philadelphia County Board of Assistance.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

October 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Schall, Debra Harris and Richard Weishaupt, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Stanley Slipakoff and Jean Graybill, Dept. of Public Welfare, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION1

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.

I. Factual Background

Earlier this year, Congress amended the Food Stamp Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 2011-2027, in two respects by enacting the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Pub.L. No.97-35, 95 Stat. 357 (1981). First, the standard deduction for a household's earned income work expenses was reduced from twenty...

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