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MASSACHUSETTS WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION v. OTT

Civ. A. No. 69-428-J.

299 F.Supp. 296 (1969)

MASSACHUSETTS WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, Roberta Grant, Ruth Barkley, Shirley Payne, and Louise Maraglia, Plaintiffs, v. Robert F. OTT, Commissioner of Public Welfare for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

May 5, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Seid, Boston Legal Assistance Project, Boston, Mass., David Lipton, Boston Legal Assistance Project Jamaica Plain, Mass., for plaintiffs.

No appearance for defendants.

OPINION

JULIAN, District Judge.

This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief brought to challenge the constitutionality of a policy directive promulgated on March 11, 1969, by the Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Welfare establishing procedures to be followed by personnel at welfare service offices throughout the State in the event of demonstrations, disturbances or sitins.

The plaintiffs are the Massachusetts Welfare Rights Organization...

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