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MASS. COALITION FOR HOMELESS v. SECY. OF H. & H. SERV.

422 Mass. 214 (1996)

MASSACHUSETTS COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS & others vs. SECRETARY OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Sard (Lisa M. Otero & Judith Liben with her) for the plaintiffs.

Salvatore M. Giorlandino, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Joshua Greenberg, Jean Zotter & Laura Williams for the Department of Pediatrics, Boston City Hospital, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, O'CONNOR, GREANEY, & FRIED, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

This is a complicated case with a protracted history of litigation which has been ongoing since 1985. The plaintiffs, certified as representatives of the class described in note 1, supra, challenge the manner in which the defendants administer housing benefits for homeless families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). In a prior phase of the litigation, Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless v. Secretary of Human...

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