WARRIOR v. THOMPSON

No. 57897.

96 Ill.2d 1 (1983)

449 N.E.2d 53

BURL WARRIOR et al., Appellees, v. JAMES R. THOMPSON, Governor, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (Samuel K. Skinner, Special Assistant Attorney General, William A. O'Connor, Counsel to the Governor, and Jeffrey R. Tone, Timothy J. Carey, and Chaim T. Kiffel, of Sidley & Austin, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellants.

Sybille C. Fritzsche, Sherry L. Estes, Julian N. Henriques, Robert E. Lehrer, Diane Redleaf, Phillip H. Snelling, and Nelson A. Soltman, of Chicago, for appellees Burl Warrior et al.

Stanley Garber, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Jerome A. Siegan, Robert L. Janega, and Philip L. Bronstein, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellee City of Chicago.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Jane Clark Casey, Deputy State's Attorney, and Susan Condon, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee County of Cook.

Nathan M. Cohen, Malcolm S. Kamin, and Judith I. Byrd, of Arvey, Hodes, Costello & Burman, of Chicago, for appellees Illinois Hospital Association et al.

Jacob Pomeranz, of Cornfield and Feldman, of Chicago, for amici curiae Robert Healey et al.


Reversed and remanded.

PER CURIAM:

On January 19, 1983, plaintiffs, Burl Warrior, Robert Davis, Monica Deandrade and Katherine Collins, who describe themselves as "recipients under the Aid to the Medically Indigent Medical Program," filed this action in the circuit court of Cook County "on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated" against the Governor of Illinois, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, and its Director, Jeffrey C. Miller. Plaintiffs...

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