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Saenz v. Roe
United States Supreme Court
526 U.S. 489 (1999)
Facts
In 1992, the State of California passed a new statute which limited the maximum amount of welfare benefits available to a family residing in the state for less than twelve months to the amount payable by the state of the family’s prior residence. Roe (plaintiff) was a California resident seeking benefits who brought a class action suit against Saenz, Director of California’s Department of Social Services (defendant), on behalf of herself and other first-year state residents. The lower courts held for Roe, and the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari.
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