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Department of Social Services of Iowa v. Dimery

U.S.
Jun 8, 1970
398 U.S. 322 (1970)

Summary

In Dimery, the Court vacated without opinion and for reconsideration in light of Reetz a decision by a three-judge district court invalidating an Iowa welfare statute under the Iowa state constitution.

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Opinion

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA

No. 1491.

Decided June 8, 1970

Vacated and remanded.


The motion of the appellees 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 Reetz v. Bozanich, 397 U.S. 82.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS dissents from the remand of this case.

MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.


Summaries of

Department of Social Services of Iowa v. Dimery

U.S.
Jun 8, 1970
398 U.S. 322 (1970)

In Dimery, the Court vacated without opinion and for reconsideration in light of Reetz a decision by a three-judge district court invalidating an Iowa welfare statute under the Iowa state constitution.

Summary of this case from Independence Public Media of Philadelphia, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission

In Department of Social Services of Iowa v. Dimery, 398 U.S. 322, 90 S.Ct. 1871, 26 L.Ed.2d 265 (1970), decided approximately four months after Reetz v. Bozanich, the Court vacated the judgment of a District Court of the United States convened as a three-judge Court and remanded the case to it "for reconsideration in light of Reetz v. Bozanich....

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Case details for

Department of Social Services of Iowa v. Dimery

Case Details

Full title:DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF IOWA ET AL. v . DIMERY ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Jun 8, 1970

Citations

398 U.S. 322 (1970)

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