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COUGHLIN v. REGAN

No. 84-2015.

768 F.2d 468 (1985)

Richard COUGHLIN, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Donald REGAN, Secretary of the Treasury, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick B. Stocking, Machias, Me., with whom Hugh H. Calkins, Dover-Foxcroft, Me., and Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., Machias, Me., were on brief for appellants.

Diane E. Doyen, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Raymond E. Ritchie, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Health and Human Services, with whom James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., were on brief for appellee Michael Petit.

Richard Farber, Washington, D.C., with whom Michael L. Paup, Lisa A. Prager, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C. and Richard S. Cohen, U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., were on brief for the U.S.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Richard Coughlin appeals from a consent judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. The judgment dismissed a class action Coughlin had brought for refund of Earned Income Credits (EIC's) intercepted by the federal Secretary of the Treasury, and paid over to the Maine Commissioner of Human Services, in satisfaction of child support debts, as well as claims for declaratory and injunctive relief...

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