JOHNSON v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID

No. 71-1600.

467 F.2d 1269 (1972)

Dorothy JOHNSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID and Peoria Housing Authority, a Municipal corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Hayzlett, Peoria, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Francis T. Crowe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Wilson C. Washkuhn, Edward F. Sutkowski, Peoria, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before PELL and STEVENS, Circuit Judges, and LARAMORE, Senior Judge.


PELL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal with prejudice of plaintiffs' second amended petition.

The litigation was initiated in April 1970 by the filing of a petition in the Circuit Court of Peoria County, Illinois, by Dorothy Johnson and Sarita Hines, individually and as representatives of a purported class comprised of public aid recipients residing in housing provided by the Peoria Housing Authority, a municipal corporation (Authority)...

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