Aiken

MEMORANDUM

This action was initiated by plaintiffs to redress alleged improper and unlawful administration of the Food Stamp Program by federal and state officials.

The cast of characters is considerable. Plaintiffs, as set forth in their First Amended Complaint of March 3, 1975, are Carl Aiken, Barry Johnston, Los Angeles Health Care Rights Organization (hereinafter “LAHCRO”), an unincorporated association, and . San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc. (hereinafter “SFNLAF”), a not-for-profit California corporation. The defendants named in this complaint are Earl Butz, as Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Mario Obledo, as Secretary, Health and Welfare Agency, State of California, and Jerold Prod, as Acting Director, Department of Benefit Payments, State of California. On December 29, 1975, the court granted the motion of Richard Miller and Tom and Helen Gilley for leave to file their Complaint in Intervention. In said complaint the movants are named as plaintiffs in intervention (hereinafter “Intervenors” to distinguish them from “Plaintiffs” ), and the named defendants are Earl Butz, as Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture,…