TASKER v. GINSBERG

No. 82-1505.

705 F.2d 1382 (1983)

Dora TASKER, Richard Tasker, and Glenda Harper, Ricky Harper, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. Leon H. GINSBERG, Commissioner, West Virginia Department of Welfare; Arnold T. Margolin, Commissioner of Finance and Administration of the State of West Virginia; and Glen B. Gainer, Auditor of the State of West Virginia, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marge Krecke, Legal Aid Society of Charleston, Charleston, W. Va., for appellants.

Mary Beth Kershner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, W. Va. (Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before WIDENER, HALL and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.


ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

This class action is brought by low-income families in West Virginia against three public officials for alleged violations of the Social Security Act of 1935, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq. The plaintiffs (appellants here) charge that changes in state welfare policy implemented by defendant Ginsberg resulting in the disqualification of spouses of incapacitated and unemployed individuals from receiving money payments under the...

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