· 6/6/1978
Quern v. Mandley
Citations
- 436 U.S. 725
- 98 S. Ct. 2068
- 56 L. Ed. 2d 658
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 101
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that discriminatory views of one member of five-member village council cannot be imputed to the entire council
- recognizing the \well-established principle that the States have 'undisputed power to set the level of benefits and the standard of need' for their AFDC programs\ (quoting King v. Smith, 392 U.S. at 334)
- finding no procedural error in an appeals court’s direction of an entry of judgment enjoining a state’s operation of a program that the state had discontinued long before
- portions of 42 U.S.C. § 602 which only apply to AFDC indicated by a specific reference
- deference given to interpretation of statute by agencies charged with its execution
- state emergency assistance program consistent with SSA
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Judges: Blackmun, Members, Stewart
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