CLEARY v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE


21 Mass. App. Ct. 140 (1985)

485 N.E.2d 955

BARBARA ANN CLEARY vs. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

November 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Hammerschmith for Joanne Weir, intervener.

William L. Pardee, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Present: ARMSTRONG, DREBEN, & SMITH, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, J.

The plaintiff, who had applied for food stamps in September, 1974, had appealed in January, 1975, from the failure of the Department of Public Welfare to take action on her application, and had waited for more than four months for the Department to schedule a hearing on her appeal, commenced this action on May 2, 1975, claiming a denial of her rights under Federal and State law to a speedy disposition of her appeal. She sought certification as representative...

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