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ILLINOIS WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION v. MILLER

No. 83-1260.

723 F.2d 564 (1983)

ILLINOIS WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jeffrey C. MILLER, Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid and The Illinois Department of Public Aid, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen M. Field, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Robert E. Lehrer, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, Senior District Judge.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This case is on appeal from a decision of the district court awarding attorney's fees to plaintiffs1 under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1976 & Supp. V 1981) for all time spent in connection with their lawsuit challenging the operation of the Illinois Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) public assistance program. Defendants2 contend that the district court erred...

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