Successful lawsuit challenging a state law providing reduced welfare benefits to all residents who have not lived in Rhode Island for the immediately preceding twelve months.
Westenfelder v. Ferguson
Attorney(s)
David Cicilline & Dianne Izzo
Date filed
March 28, 1998
Status
Closed
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