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· 6/14/1982

Blum v. Bacon

Citations

  • 457 U.S. 132
  • 102 S. Ct. 2355
  • 72 L. Ed. 2d 728
  • 1982 U.S. LEXIS 20
  • 50 U.S.L.W. 4634

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that the court of appeals may raise procedural default sua sponte
  • so long as federal regulation requiring that EA be available to AFDC recipients is complied with, state may fix eligibility standards for EA in any way it chooses
  • “[T]he interpretation of [the] agency charged with the administration of [this] statute is entitled to substantial deference.”
  • the appellee could raise a statutory argument on appeal that had been rejected by the lower court despite not having filed a cross-appeal because his relief under the judgment granting an injunction would not be modified
  • state may not exclude AFDC recipients from Emergency Assistance Program

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Judges: Marshall

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