Plumas County Board Of Supervisors v. Califano

594 F.2d 756 PLUMAS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS and Supervisors Larry Dean, Russell Papenhausen, Joe W. Crivello, Ole Olsen and Leonard Ross, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Joseph A. CALIFANO, Jr., Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Defendant-Appellee. No. 77-1280. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. April 3, 1979. Baird B. McKnight (argued), Quincy, Cal., John H. Findley (argued), Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Edward H. Levi, U. S. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., John F. Jones, Atty. (argued), of Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee. Asher Rubin (argued), San Francisco, Cal., David F. Charkin (argued), Riverside, Cal., for appellee-respondent. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before MERRILL and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and MURRAY, * District Judge. MERRILL, Circuit Judge: 1 The question presented here is whether Plumas County, California, has standing to challenge the assistance payments it is required to make to pregnant needy women under California's program for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The county contends that under federal law unborn…