FAWBER ET AL. v. COHEN ET AL.

No. 579 C.D. 1984.

91 Pa.Commw. 559 (1985)

Claude E. Fawber et al., Plaintiffs v. Walter W. Cohen, Individually and as Secretary, Department of Public Welfare of Pennsylvania et al., Defendants.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

September 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel W. Milkes, with him, Jane Muller-Peterson, for plaintiffs.

Ellis M. Saull, Deputy Attorney General, with him, Allen C. Warshaw, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Chief, Litigation Section, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Attorney General, for defendants.

Argued June 5, 1985, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR. and Judges ROGERS, CRAIG, MacPHAIL, BARRY, COLINS and PALLADINO.


OPINION BY JUDGE MacPHAIL, September 10, 1985:

Plaintiffs invoke the original jurisdiction of this Court seeking declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against state and county officials of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) charged with the administration of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program. Plaintiffs contend that the Community Work Experience Program (CWEP) is being improperly administered in violation of their civil rights under...

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