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SNYDER v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

528 Pa. 491 (1991)

598 A.2d 1283

Ivan S. SNYDER, Appellee, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Carey, Jean E. Graybill, Asst. Counsels, John A. Kane, Chief Counsel, Harrisburgh, for appellant.

Foster S. Goldman, Jr., Pittsburgh, for Ivan S. Snyder.

Jon Pushinsky, Mark J. Murphy, Pittsburgh, amicus — Ass'n for Retarded Citizens.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

This appeal is by allowance from an order of the Commonwealth Court reversing a decision of the Commonwealth Department of Public Welfare (Department). 124 Pa.Cmwlth. 511, 556 A.2d 31. The Department had refused medical assistance benefits to one Jay Snyder on the basis that he was a trust beneficiary and, as such, had resources in excess of the Department's eligibility limit.

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