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- Title: Woodard V. United States
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 23, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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Arlien Woodard, appellee, is the owner of a grocery store, E & J Market, in east Nashville, Tennessee, which is across the street from a public housing project. She applied for authorization to handle and accept food stamps in 1978, estimating sales at $5,000.00 per month. In April of 1979, George Allen, a representative of the Department of Agriculture, personally met with Mrs. Woodard and reviewed proper food stamp procedures, including advice about ineligible items and the prohibition against exchanging cash for food stamps. Redemption of food stamps soon exceeded the estimated monthly amount of sales substantially, whereupon Buford Brown, a food stamp program specialist, visited E & J Market in August of 1979 to discuss the Department's concern. The attention of appellee and that of her son, who assisted her in the grocery operation, was called to the unusually high rate of coupon redemptions, and Mr. Brown expressed concern that violations of the program might be occurring. A letter from the officer-in-charge followed, which confirmed this conversation and contained a copy of the food stamp program regulations. In this letter, the officer concluded by stating: