Case Name: CHRISTINE PURNELL, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. THE CITY OF BRIDGETON; ELMER BRIGGS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF WELFARE FOR THE CITY OF BRIDGETON; AND DOROTHY DAVIS, AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF WELFARE FOR THE CITY OF BRIDGETON, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS
Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1977-06-21
Citations: 150 N.J. Super. 531
Docket Number: 
Parties: CHRISTINE PURNELL, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. THE CITY OF BRIDGETON; ELMER BRIGGS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF WELFARE FOR THE CITY OF BRIDGETON; AND DOROTHY DAVIS, AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF WELFARE FOR THE CITY OF BRIDGETON, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Superior Court Reports
Volume: 150
Pages: 531–532

Head Matter:
CHRISTINE PURNELL, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. THE CITY OF BRIDGETON; ELMER BRIGGS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF WELFARE FOR THE CITY OF BRIDGETON; AND DOROTHY DAVIS, AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF WELFARE FOR THE CITY OF BRIDGETON, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division
Submitted March 22, 1977
Decided June 21, 1977.
Before Judges Matthews, Seidman and Horn.
Ms. Linda G. Rosenzweig, Camden Regional Legal Services, Inc., attorney for appellant (Mr. Michael S. Berger, Farmworkers Rights Project Civil Liberties Education and Action Fund of the American Civil Liberties Union, of counsel).
Mr. Allan H. Harbert, attorney for defendants-respondents.
Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General, attorney for intervenor-respondent Department of Institutions and Agencies, Division of Public Welfare (Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. Richard M. Hluckan, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The judgment of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court is affirmed substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Testa's reported opinion.