Assume that for its 25,000 welfare recipients, instead of granting a welfare benefit of $5,000 a year, terminable for cause, the state of West Dakota decided to grant a benefit of $6,000 a year, but reserved the right to suspend it for any one month out of six at will, without cause, and therefore with no reason for or right to a hearing. It has suspended the grant to Joe Jones. Will he win his lawsuit, based on the principle established in Londoner, to overturn the statutory provision denying his right to a hearing? Why or why not?

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Joe Jones may have grounds to challenge the suspension of his welfare benefit The ... View the full answer