RODRIGUEZ v. SWANK

No. 69 C 2615.

318 F.Supp. 289 (1970)

Gladys RODRIGUEZ, individually, and on behalf of her minor children, Rafael, Francisco, William and Miguel Rodriguez, and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Mrs. Loretha Smith, on behalf of her minor children, Steven Kelly, Debra Kelly and Raymond Kelly, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Harold O. SWANK, Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid, David Daniel, Director, Cook County Department of Public Aid, Edward J. Barrett, Cook County Comptroller, Defendants.

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

September 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon Roodman, Community Legal Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Wm. J. Scott, Atty. Gen., and Donald Carnow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for state defendants.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Atty. of Cook County, and Thomas Brannigan, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., for county defendants.

Before KILEY, Circuit Judge, and WILL and DECKER, District Judges.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

DECKER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this action to challenge the validity of a statewide regulation relating to the payment of benefits under the Illinois Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The action is brought pursuant to 42 U. S.C. § 1983; jurisdiction is invoked under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343(3) and (4), and declaratory relief is sought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202. The regulation...

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