Doe v. McIntire

The plaintiffs, 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, have moved for reconsideration of this Court’s Memorandum of Decision and Order dated January 25, 2001 (“the Decision”) (12 Mass. L. Rptr. 697) allowing partial summary judgment on behalf of the defendant Commissioner. For the reasons detailed below, the plaintiffs’ request for reconsideration is DENIED.

The plaintiffs challenge this Court’s legal conclusion that, “(w]hen a state law benignly benefits only…