Supreme Court of the United States, 1971

Pease v. Hansen

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 16, 1971 · Per Curiam

404 U.S. 70; 92 S. Ct. 318; 30 L. Ed. 2d 224; 1971 U.S. LEXIS 416 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

7 later published cases cite this decision.

Vanden Broek (Town Of) v. Reitz (Wis. 1971)
Brandenburger v. Thompson (9th Cir. 1974)
Brandenburger v. Thompson (9th Cir. 1974)
Butler v. Breyer (District Court, S.D. Ohio 1972)
Pease v. Hansen (Mont. 1972)
Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County (Supreme Court of the United States 1974)
Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives (Mass. 1975)

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The motion of the appellant for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted.

Whether a welfare program is or is not federally funded is irrelevant to the constitutional principles enunciated in Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U. S. 618. The judgment of the Supreme Court of Montana is reversed.

The Chief Justice is of the opinion that probable jurisdiction should be noted and the case set for oral argument.

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