BESS v. DANIEL

Nos. 61538, 76-606 cons.

42 Ill. App.3d 401 (1976)

355 N.E.2d 556

GEORGIA BESS et al., Individually and as Representatives of a Class, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DAVID DANIEL, Director, Cook County Department of Public Aid, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied October 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Paul B. Biebel, Jr., and Fredric B. Weinstein, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellants.

Charles Barnhill, Jr., and Judson H. Miner, both of Davis, Miner & Barnhill, of Chicago, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed as modified.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Georgia Bess, Hattie Payne, Marie Johnson, and Larvell Lemons, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, commenced this action against defendants, David Daniel, Director of the Cook County Department of Public Aid; Nolan Jones, Director of the State Department of Personnel; and Joel Edelman, Director of the Illinois Department of Public...

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