PEOPLE EX REL. NAUGHTON v. SWANK

No. 46012.

58 Ill.2d 95 (1974)

317 N.E.2d 499

THE PEOPLE ex rel. EDITH NAUGHTON et al., Appellees, v. HAROLD O. SWANK, Director of Department of Public Aid, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Chicago (Jerrald B. Abrams, Alan E. Grischke, and George L. Grumley, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellants.

Sheldon Roodman and Thomas Grippando, of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago (Jane G. Stevens and James D. Weill, of counsel), for appellees.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 9, 1970, Edith Naughton applied for public assistance under article IV of the Illinois Public Aid Code, "Aid to Families with Dependent Children" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 23, par. 4-1 et seq.), on behalf of herself and her four minor children. She was interviewed on that day and her case was...

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