Legal Opinion
Dorothy McInnis v. Caspar W. Weinberger
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 5, 1976No. 75--1119PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, Massachusetts recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), 1 attack the statutory interpretation underlying a determination by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare that they are no longer eligible for food stamps. Primarily, they charge that the Secretary has misread the statute; secondarily, they raise due process and equal protection claims under the Fifth Amendment. The district court upheld the Secretary’s interpretation of the statute and found no constitutional defect. 388 F.Supp. 381 (D.Mass.1975). We affirm.
Resolution of the statutory…
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