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M.A.I.N. v. COM'R MAINE DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. 88-2145.

876 F.2d 1051 (1989)

MAINE ASSOCIATION OF INTERDEPENDENT NEIGHBORHOODS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, MAINE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyce Mykleby, Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., for plaintiff-appellant.

Marina E. Thibeau, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Augusta, Me., was on brief for defendant-appellee Commissioner, Maine Dept. of Human Services.

Joyce Elise McCourt, Asst. Regional Counsel, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., with whom Richard S. Cohen, U.S. Atty., and David R. Collins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., were on brief for defendant-appellee Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

The Maine Association of Interdependent Neighborhoods (MAIN), an umbrella organization of eight groups that help low income persons obtain public assistance, brought a lawsuit in a Maine state court against the Maine Commissioner of Human Services. Its complaint alleged that certain recent changes in the Department of Human Services' rules governing Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) were "contrary to state and federal law" and ...

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