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Wyman v. Bowens

U.S.
Feb 24, 1970
397 U.S. 49 (1970)

Summary

In Wyman v. Bowens, 397 U.S. 49, we affirmed a judgment where payments were awarded in spite of the argument that the order was an incursion on the Eleventh Amendment.

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Opinion

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

No. 866.

Decided February 24, 1970

Together with No. 874, Lascaris, Commissioner of Onondaga County Department of Social Services v. Bowens et al., on appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.

304 F. Supp. 717, affirmed.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General, and Maria L. Marcus, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant in No. 866. Leonard C. Koldin for appellant in No. 874.

Sydney M. Spector and Richard A. Ellison for appellees in both cases.



The motion of the appellees for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The motions to affirm are granted and the judgments are affirmed. Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618 (1969).

THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE BLACK, and MR. JUSTICE HARLAN are of the opinion that probable jurisdiction should be noted and the cases set for oral argument.


Summaries of

Wyman v. Bowens

U.S.
Feb 24, 1970
397 U.S. 49 (1970)

In Wyman v. Bowens, 397 U.S. 49, we affirmed a judgment where payments were awarded in spite of the argument that the order was an incursion on the Eleventh Amendment.

Summary of this case from Edelman v. Jordan
Case details for

Wyman v. Bowens

Case Details

Full title:WYMAN, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK v . BOWENS ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Feb 24, 1970

Citations

397 U.S. 49 (1970)
90 S. Ct. 813

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