Legal Opinion
MacInnes v. Commissioner of Public Welfare
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 9, 1992PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The plaintiffs, Christopher MacInnes and Carla Vasquez, recipients of aid to families with dependent children (AFDC), appeal from a partial summary judgment entered in the Superior Court in favor of the Commissioner (commissioner) of the Department of Public Welfare (department). The plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory relief based on their claim that § 58 of St. 1990, c. 150 (§ 58) and 106 Code Mass. Regs. § 304.305 (B) (1990) (regulation), 2 as amended by direction of § 58, violate Federal law and the equal protection provisions of the Massa chusetts and United States…
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