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VANN v. SCOTT

No. 71-1387.

467 F.2d 1235 (1972)

Ola Mae VANN et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. William J. SCOTT, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis A. Wenzell, Patrick T. Murphy, Chicago, Ill., for petitioners-appellants.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Atty., James A. Rooney, Asst. State's Atty., William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Morton E. Friedman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., James B. Zagel, Robert E. Davison, Asst. Attys. Gen., Crim. Justice Div., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, KILEY and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.

STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs contend that § 2-2(b) of the Illinois Juvenile Court Act1 is unconstitutional because it allows the State to stigmatize and to punish runaway children in the same way as young persons guilty of aggravated felonies. They contend that the classification of runaways as delinquents offends the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and that the potential punishment is cruel and unusual within...

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