ESTEP v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID

No. 56751.

92 Ill.2d 510 (1982)

442 N.E.2d 148

DONALD ESTEP et al., Appellees, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremiah Marsh, Special Assistant Attorney General, of Springfield (John L. Rogers III, John N. Gavin, and David O. Toolan, of Hopkins & Sutter, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellants.

Thomas Johnson, Robert E. Lehrer, Dveera Segal, Marianne Smigelskis, Mark C. Weber, and Robert Burns, all of Chicago, for appellees.

James P. Chapman, of Chicago, for amicus curiae the People Organized for Welfare and Employment Rights.


Appeal dismissed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was filed in the circuit court of Cook County by plaintiffs, Donald Estep, Betty Hodges and Annie Stewart, who describe themselves as persons receiving adult General Assistance benefits from the Illinois Department of Public Aid. In their complaint against defendants, the Department of Public Aid and its Director...

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