WHITFIELD v. MINTER

Civ. A. No. 73-3051-F.

368 F.Supp. 798 (1973)

Carolyn WHITFIELD, Individually and on behalf of her unborn child, Cynthia Whittier, by her next friend Clyde Leonard, individually and on behalf of her unborn child and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Steven A. MINTER, Individually and as Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare, et al.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

December 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Gold, Dorchester, Mass., for plaintiff.

Danielle de Benedictis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for defendants.


OPINION

FREEDMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have brought this action for injunctive and declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to secure rights, privileges and immunities established by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and by Title IV, pt. A of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq. Plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated seek to have this Court declare invalid the policy and...

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