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PURNELL v. EDELMAN

Nos. 74-1051, 74-1052.

511 F.2d 1248 (1974)

Margaret PURNELL et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joel EDELMAN, Director of Illinois Department of Public Aid, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Jerrald B. Abrams, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Jonathan M. Hyman, Marianne R. Smigelskis, Alan Dockterman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This action was originally brought to challenge the Illinois Department of Public Aid's policy which authorized payment of emergency financial assistance for the purpose of maintaining utility services of public aid recipients only after such utility services had been discontinued. The complaint alleged that the emergency assistance program had been established and funded pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 606(e)(1), that § 606(e)(1) provides that...

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