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Dandridge v. Williams (No. 131)
297 F.Supp. 450, reversed.
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[ Stewart ]
Concurrence
[ Black ]
Concurrence
[ Harlan ]
Dissent
[ Douglas ]
Dissent
[ Marshall ]
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BLACK, J., Concurring Opinion

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES


397 U.S. 471

Dandridge v. Williams

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND


No. 131 Argued: December 9, 1969 --- Decided: April 6, 1970

MR. JUSTICE BLACK, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE joins, concurring.

Assuming, as the Court apparently does, that individual welfare recipients can bring an action against state welfare authorities challenging an aspect of the State's welfare plan as inconsistent with the provisions of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 601-610 (1964 ed. and Supp. IV), even though the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare has determined, as he has here, that the federal and state provisions are consistent, cf. Rosado v. Wyman, ante, p. 430 (BLACK, J., dissenting), I join in the opinion of the Court in this case.