Roth v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• implying a private right of action against state officials to redress violations of the Food Stamp Act
• federal agency financially liable for restored benefits to recipients injured by state’s error in delivery of food stamp cards
• denial of class certification because precedential value of court’s decision would render a judgment in favor of the class unnecessary and because of disparate factual circumstances of class members was not an abuse of discretion