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Carter v. Stanton, 405 U.S. 669 (1972)
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Carter v. Stanton, 405 U.S. 669 (1972)
Carter v. Stanton No. 70-5082 Argued November 8, 1971 Decided April 3, 1972 405 U.S. 669
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
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Appellants’ challenge to the Indiana welfare regulation that provides that a person who seeks assistance due to separation or the desertion of a spouse is not entitled to aid until the spouse has been continuously absent for at least six months, unless there are exceptional circumstances of need, was dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, and alternatively on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction and failure of the pleadings to present a substantial federal question.
Held: The District Court plainly had jurisdiction, and exhaustion is not required in the circumstances of this case. Damico v. Californa, 389 U.S. 416. If that court’s characterization of the federal question as insubstantial was based on the face of the complaint, it was error; if the court treated the motion to dismiss as one for summary judgment, its order is unilluminating as to the relevant facts or the applicable law, and was improperly entered.
Vacated and remanded.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Carter v. Stanton, 405 U.S. 669 (1972) in 405 U.S. 669 405 U.S. 670. Original Sources, accessed May 20, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XGPWZPS4YBK51RY.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Carter v. Stanton, 405 U.S. 669 (1972), in 405 U.S. 669, page 405 U.S. 670. Original Sources. 20 May. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XGPWZPS4YBK51RY.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Carter v. Stanton, 405 U.S. 669 (1972). cited in 1972, 405 U.S. 669, pp.405 U.S. 670. Original Sources, retrieved 20 May 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XGPWZPS4YBK51RY.
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