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WILLIAMS v. ATKINS

No. 85-1522.

786 F.2d 457 (1986)

Dora Mae WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Charles M. ATKINS, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim E. Murdock, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., and Carl Valvo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Steven Savner, Mass. Law Reform Institute, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before COFFIN, BREYER, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

In 1976, a class action suit was filed in the federal district court of Massachusetts on behalf of food stamp applicants and recipients, alleging violations of the Food Stamp Act of 1964. The plaintiff class alleged that the defendant, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare, failed to issue immediately food stamp authorization-to-purchase cards to households eligible for food stamps and in immediate need of assistance...

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