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Legal Citation: 397 U.S. 471 (1970)

Appellant
Edmund P. Dandridge, Jr., et al.

Appellee
Linda Williams et al.

Appellant's Claim
That the Maryland maximum grant regulation was in conflict with the Federal Social Security Act and with equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
George W. Liebmann

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Joseph A. Matera

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, Warren E. Burger, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart (writing for the Court), Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall (Harry A. Blackmun had not yet been appointed to the Court)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
6 April 1970

Decision
The Supreme Court held that the regulation...