Legal Opinion
Wolf v. Commissioner of Public Welfare
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 3, 1975PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The plaintiff filed a bill for injunctive and declaratory relief against the Commissioner (Commissioner) of the Department of Public Welfare (Department) on behalf of herself and her children and on behalf of certain other persons who received public assistance in the form of aid to families with dependent children (AFDC).
The plaintiff alleged the following facts. She did not receive her bimonthly assistance check on or about March 31, 1973, and properly gave notice of that fact to a representative of the Department. The Department has a regulation concerning lost or stolen checks (State…
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3Cited by63 opinions
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