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METCALF v. SWANK

No. 18136.

444 F.2d 1353 (1971)

Ella METCALF, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Harold O. SWANK, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon H. S. Scott, Robert W. Bennett, Thomas P. Humphrey, Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Atty., Thomas E. Brannigan, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., William J. Scott, Atty. Gen. of Ill., Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, PELL, Circuit Judge, and REYNOLDS, District Judge.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

This class action was brought pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on behalf of all recipients of public aid in Illinois who are members of a family unit of two or more which pays more than $90.00 per month residence rental but receives $90.00 or less per month as a shelter allowance from the Illinois and the Cook County, Illinois, Departments of Public Aid.2 Defendants are the respective...

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