Doe v. McIntire

The plaintiffs are legal immigrants who have been denied cash assistance benefits from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts because they have resided in the Commonwealth for less than six months. They have filed suit in this Court claiming that Massachusetts’ six-month residency requirement violates the United States and Massachusetts Constitutions. The plaintiffs now move for partial summary judgment, seeking an order from this Court that the six month residency requirement violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Part 1, Articles 1…