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Lewis et al. v. Montgomery, Director, California Department of Social Welfare, et al.
396 U.S. 900·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
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Opinion
No. 560,
Misc.
Lewis et al. v. Montgomery, Director, California Department of Social Welfare, et al.
Rubin Tepper and Steven J. Antler for appellants. Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of California, and Elizabeth Palmer and Jay S. Linderman, Deputy Attorneys General, for appellees. Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Ruckelshaus, and Alan S. Rosenthal for the United States as amicus curiae in support of appellants.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal from D. C. N. D. Cal. Motion of appellants for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Probable jurisdiction noted and case transferred to appellate docket.