JACKSON v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF FLORIDA 397 U.S. 589 (1970)

United States Supreme Court

JACKSON v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF FLORIDA (1970)

No. 471

Decided: April 20, 1970

Vacated and remanded.

Howard W. Dixon for appellants.

Earl Faircloth, Attorney General of Florida, T. T. Turnbull and Michael Schwartz, Assistant Attorneys General, and S. Strome Maxwell for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the District Court for reconsideration in light of Goldberg v. Kelly, ante, p. 254; Fed. Rule Civ. Proc. 23; and to determine whether the case is moot.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE BLACK, and MR. JUSTICE STEWART dissent. [397 U.S. 589, 590]

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