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DOE v. COMMISSIONER OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE

437 Mass. 521 (2002)

JANE DOE & another v. COMMISSIONER OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Harris (James Breslauer with him) for the plaintiffs.

Dean Richlin, Assistant Attorney General (Edward J. DeAngelo, Special Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the defendant.

Toni G. Wolfman, Jennifer Corinis, & Rebecca Cazabon, for Jane Doe, Inc., & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

CORDY, J.

In 1996, Congress enacted the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1601 et seq. (2000) (welfare reform act), which, in relevant part, barred "qualified aliens"2 from receiving any Federal public benefits, including assistance provided to the States through the Federal temporary assistance for needy families program (TANF), until they had resided in the United States for...

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