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QUERN v. JORDAN

No. 77-841.

440 U.S. 332 (1979)

QUERN, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID OF ILLINOIS v. JORDAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Wenzel III, Special Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was William J. Scott, Attorney General.

Sheldon Roodman argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was James D. Weill.*

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is a sequel to Edelman v. Jordan, 415 U.S. 651 (1974), which we decided five Terms ago. In Edelman we held that retroactive welfare benefits awarded by a Federal District Court to plaintiffs, by reason of wrongful denial of benefits by state officials prior to the entry of the court's order determining the wrongfulness of their actions, violated...

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