Ingerson v. Sharp

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SKINNER, District Judge.

This is a class action challenging two independent restrictions on the availability of relief under Massachusetts’ Emergency Assistance Program. Plaintiffs complain that each restriction impermissibly conflicts with section 406(e) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 606(e), and thus is invalid under the supremacy clause and that each restriction offends the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. .Plaintiffs seek permanent injunctive and declaratory relief. A hearing on the merits was held on September 21, 1976.

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