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ESTEP v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID

No. 83-54.

115 Ill. App.3d 644 (1983)

450 N.E.2d 1281

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed June 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Johnson, Robert E. Lehrer, and Dveera Segal, all of Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, and Robert Burns, of Northwestern University Legal Clinic, and Mark C. Weber, of Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, all of Chicago, for appellants.

Jeremiah Marsh, John L. Conlon, and David O. Toolan, all of Hopkins & Sutter, of Chicago, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

This class action challenges the authority of the Illinois Department of Public Aid (IDPA) and its director, Jeffrey Miller, to set the monthly payment distributed to over 110,000 adult General Assistance (GA) recipients who live in Chicago and 40 other downstate communities at a lower amount than that set the year before. Our function on appeal is solely one of statutory interpretation...

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