United States Second Circuit

In a suit on behalf of a class of food stamp applicants, arguing that the Food Stamp Act requires the Connecticut Department of Social Services to provide food stamp benefits to all eligible households within 30 or 7 days of application (depending on the household's level of economic need), the District Court grant of classwide relief through a preliminary injunction is affirmed where: 1) food stamp applicants can sue under section 1983 to enforce the statutory time limits for provision of food stamps; and 2) federal regulations do not excuse Defendant from providing food stamps within the statutory time limits.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/06/2015
• Published 07/06/2015

Judges

• Calabresi

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel