JOHNSON v. ROBINSON

Civ. A. No. 67 C 1883.

296 F.Supp. 1165 (1967)

Gwendolyn JOHNSON, individually and on behalf of her minor child, Charles James Johnson; and Susan Brewer, all individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. William H. ROBINSON, Director, Cook County Department of Public Aid; Harold O. Swank, Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid; William G. Clark, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

Judgment Affirmed May 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Bennett, Arthur K. Young, Chicago, Ill., Sheldon Nahmod, Evanston, Ill., for plaintiffs.

William G. Clark, Atty. Gen., State of Illinois, John J. Stamos, State's Atty., Cook County, Illinois, Daniel P. Coman, Asst. State's Atty., Cook County, Ill., for defendants.

Before, FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge, and LYNCH and NAPOLI, District Judges.


Judgment Affirmed May 5, 1969. See 89 S.Ct. 1622.

FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for injunction against enforcement of certain provisions of the Illinois Statutes upon the ground of their unconstitutionality. The challenged provisions require an applicant for certain welfare aids to have continuously resided for one whole year in this state immediately preceding the application for aid.1

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