Food Programs

  • Austin v. Goodno

    Minnesota District Court Finds State Incorrectly Included Housing Subsidy As Income In Determining Eligibility for Welfare Benefits

    Legal Areas:

    March 01, 2007

  • Williston v. Eggleston

    Settlement Agreement Reached in Suit Challenging Delay in Processing of Food Stamp Applications As Violation of Section 1983; District Court Had Held Food Stamp Act Creates Private Right of Action Under Section 1983, No Eleventh Amendment Bar to Reprocessing Applications

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    July 29, 2005

  • Stevens v. Hayward

    Generic Denial Notices Regarding Public Benefits Violate Due Process

    Legal Areas:

    December 18, 2003

  • Teytelman v. Wing

    Legal Immigrants Challenge Restrictive Criteria That Exclude Them from Eligibility for State-Funded Food Assistance

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    December 08, 2003

  • People v. Hudson

    County Welfare Agency Must Apply Earned Income Disregard in Calculating Food Stamp Restitution After Recipient’s Fraud Conviction

    Legal Areas:

    November 26, 2003

  • Thompson v. Wing

    Class Action Against State and Federal Agencies on Income Tax Refund Offsets to Recoup Food Stamp Overpayments Is Settled

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    June 01, 2003

  • George v. Contra Costa County Employment and Human Servs.

    Native American Challenges California County Agency’s Income Verification Policy for Its Public Benefits Programs

    Legal Areas:

    November 18, 2002

  • Stone v. Hamilton

    State May Not Use Involuntary Food Stamp Reduction to Recover Agency-Error Overissuances that Occurred Before 1996 Food Stamp Act Amendment

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    October 18, 2002

  • In re Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest

    Nebraska Agrees to Change Its Vehicle Resource Limit for Food Stamp Recipients

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    February 04, 2002

  • Davis v. Baker

    Food Stamp Recipient Challenge Department's Termination of Food Stamp Benefits for Fraud Without Regard to Evidence

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    July 17, 2001