Legal Opinion
Jane Fortin, Etc. v. Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 4, 1982No. 82-1138PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case is an appeal from an order of the district court finding the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare (“Department”) not in substantial compliance with a 1975 consent decree enjoining delays in welfare eligibility determinations, holding the Department in civil contempt, and imposing fines for further noncompliance. The Department also appeals the district court’s denial of its motion to amend the decree. Because the finding of substantial noncompliance is not clearly erroneous, and the penalty does not violate the eleventh amendment to the…
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