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FOSTER v. CENTER TP. OF LaPORTE COUNTY

No. S 80-424.

527 F.Supp. 377 (1981)

Janice FOSTER, individually and o/b/o all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. CENTER TOWNSHIP OF LaPORTE COUNTY; Helen Salek, individually and in her official capacity as Trustee of Center Township; Board of Commissioners of LaPorte County; Kenneth Swanson, individually and in his official capacity as President of the Board of Commissioners of LaPorte County; Patrick Quinn, Richard Anderson, individually and in their official capacity as Commissioners of LaPorte County, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Indiana, South Bend Division.

March 12, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis A. Lessem, South Bend, Ind., for plaintiff.

Martin W. Kus, Donald E. Baugher, Jr., LaPorte, Ind., Center Township of LaPorte, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHARP, District Judge.

The plaintiff brings this action challenging the defendants' reduction of poor relief standards. The plaintiff argues that the defendants' action violated 7 U.S.C. § 2017(b), which provides:

The value of the allotment provided any eligible household shall not be considered income under any Federal, State or local laws, including but not limited to laws relating to taxation, welfare, and public assistance...

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