SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal and cross-appeal raise two issues. First, whether a monetary award in the form of benefits withheld from the plaintiff class by defendant state officials is barred by the Eleventh Amendment. Second, whether attorneys' fees can be assessed against the defendants for defending the Illinois statute and policy challenged by this action.
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In 1969 plaintiff Georgia Townsend, individually and on behalf of her daughter...
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