WILKINS v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC AID

No. 43706.

51 Ill.2d 88 (1972)

280 N.E.2d 706

QUEEN ESTHER WILKINS, Appellant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARK B. EPSTEIN, of Chicago, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield (FRANCIS T. CROWE, A. ZOLA GROVES and SAMUEL E. HIRSCH, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellees.


Vacated and remanded.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Queen Esther Wilkins, seeks review of a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County affirming an administrative decision of the Illinois Department of Public Aid which denied her application for retroactive benefits under the Federal Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. secs. 2011-2025.)

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