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STRONG v. COLLATOS

No. 78-1315.

593 F.2d 420 (1979)

Danny STRONG, etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles N. COLLATOS, etc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis A. Rizoli, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Jim Hammerschmith, Northampton, Mass., for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the constitutionality of a Massachusetts durational residency requirement for veterans' welfare benefits. The district court held unconstitutional that portion of Massachusetts General Laws, ch. 115 § 5, which denies certain veterans' welfare benefits to residents of the Commonwealth who have not resided there for at least three years preceding their application for such benefits.1 We affirm...

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