Legal Opinion
Kozera v. Spirito
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 16, 1983No. Nos. 83-1250, 83-1251PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question whether the federal district court properly dismissed, on grounds of sovereign immunity, a third-party complaint filed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare and its Commissioner (“Commissioner”) against the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”).
This litigation traces its genesis to a 1981 amendment to a portion of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 602(a)(31), which requires states, when determining eligibility for benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, to take into account…
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- Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
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