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BROOKINS v. O'BANNON

Civ. A. No. 82-2096.

550 F.Supp. 30 (1982)

Louise BROOKINS, Executive Director and Trustee Ad Litem for the Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization, on behalf of its members, clients and itself v. Helen O'BANNON, Individually and in her official capacity as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and Don Jose Stovall, Individually and in his official capacity as the Executive Director of the Philadelphia County Board of Assistance.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

June 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Gold, Paul Bender, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Andrew S. Gordon, Harrisburgh, Pa., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WEINER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this action seeking to declare Section 20(b) of the recently enacted Pennsylvania "Welfare Reform" statute, Act 75 of 1982, unconstitutional. Plaintiffs seek a preliminary injunction enjoining the defendants from enforcing Section 20(b) of Act 75.

The plaintiff, Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization ("WRO"), is an organization of public assistance recipients. Its stated purpose...

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