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ACOSTA v. SWANK

No. 69 C 2502.

312 F.Supp. 765 (1970)

Ignacio ACOSTA, Virginia Bowers, Bernice Robinson, and Dovie Thurman, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Harold O. SWANK, Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid, David Daniel, Director, Cook County Department of Public Aid, Defendants.

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

May 11, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley A. Bass and Sheldon Roodman, Community Legal Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen. of the State of Illinois, Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

Before KILEY, Circuit Judge, and PERRY and NAPOLI, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PERRY, District Judge.

This two-count civil rights suit is brought under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and (4) and § 2201 as a class action by certain public welfare recipients and challenges the constitutional validity of the Illinois Department of Public Aid's "duplicate assistance" policy. Pursuant to plaintiffs' request, a three-judge court was convened to hear the case (28 U.S. C. §§ 2281, 2284).

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