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COALITION FOR BASIC HUMAN NEEDS v. KING

No. 81-1472.

654 F.2d 838 (1981)

COALITION FOR BASIC HUMAN NEEDS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Edward J. KING, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary C. Gallagher, Boston, Mass., with whom Lucy Williams, Boston, Mass., was on motion for injunction pending appeal.

Carl Valvo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen. and Paul W. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., were on memorandum in opposition thereto.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This request for an injunction pending appeal presents what appears to us to be an unprecedented factual situation, and raises issues relating to appealability, the strength of plaintiffs' claims on the merits, and the appropriateness of any federal remedial action.

The four individual plaintiffs claim to be representative of some 145,000 recipients of welfare assistance. Three, like some 123,000 others...

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