WILLIAMS v. CITY OF LEWISTON, ME.

No. 80-1637.

642 F.2d 26 (1981)

Eleanor WILLIAMS and Patricia Menard, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. The CITY OF LEWISTON, MAINE, Beverly Heath and Charlotte O'Connor, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Lichten, Lewiston, Me., with whom Karen Herold, Lisbon Falls, Me., and Kim Vandermeulen, Augusta, Me., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Fredda F. Wolf, Lewiston, Me., with whom Stephen A. Filler, Lewiston, Me., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before ALDRICH and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, District Judge.


ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case, an appeal from the granting of summary judgment for defendants, arises from a dispute over welfare benefits sought by plaintiffs, two young women residents of Lewiston, Maine. It has been blown up into constitutional claims by legal assistance counsel, and, although only a few weeks of benefits are involved, has required hearings before a United States magistrate, who wrote a seven-page opinion, review by the district court...

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