COALITION FOR BASIC HUMAN NEEDS v. KING

CA 81-1662-T.

535 F.Supp. 126 (1982)

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

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary C. Gallagher, Lucy A. Williams, Mass. Law Reform Institute, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Carl Valvo, Donald Stern, Asst. Attys. Gen., Boston, Mass., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

Plaintiffs (Coalition) seek to recover attorneys' fees1 as a result of their efforts to require continuity of payments to Massachusetts' welfare recipients under the Commonwealth's programs of General Relief (GR)2 and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)3.

The underlying litigation was prompted by a legislative impasse...

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