Court Opinion

ID: 9430083
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:28:52.418301+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:22.812324
License: Public Domain

Justice Marshall,
dissenting.
I share Justice Brennan’s view that the logic of the relevant regulation, 7 CFR §273.12(e)(2)(h) (1985), requires the sort of notice that the lower courts ordered here. The regulation contemplates a notice that allows families to “adjust household budgets” according to changes in benefit levels, *15843 Fed. Reg. 18896 (1978), and I fail to see how a notice that does not inform recipients of their new benefit levels can serve this purpose. Given that this interpretation of the regulation disposes of the cases, I find no need to reach the other issues addressed by the Court or by the dissent. I therefore join Part I of Justice Brennan’s dissent.