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Legal Citation: 394 U.S. 618 (1969)

Appellant
Vivian Marie Thompson

Appellee
Shapiro, Commissioner of Welfare of Connecticut

Appellant's Claim
That the denial of state and the District of Columbia welfare benefits to residents of less than one year is discriminatory and violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Francis J. MacGregor

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Archibald Cox

Justices for the Court
William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas, Thurgood Marshall, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, John Marshall Harlan II, Earl Warren

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
21 April 1969

Decision
Affirmed the decisions of three district...