ARTIST M., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Gordon JOHNSON and Gary T. Morgan, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 20, 1990.
Decided October 29, 1990.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 20, 1990.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Patrick T. Murphy, Jeanette DeGrange, Susan T. Pierce, Julie Lynn Biehl, Michael G. Dsida, Office of the Public Guardian, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.
Paula Giroux, Asst. Atty. Gen., Christina M. Tchen, Susan Getzendanner, Charles F. Smith, Kimberley K. Baer, Christina E. Wells, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.
Diane Redleaf, Laurene M. Heybach, Susan Wishnick, Joan Matlack, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for Joann Mitchell, Wanda Hilliard and Putative Class in Norman V. Johnson, 89 C 1624 (Northern District of Illinois), amici curiae.
Gregory L. Evans, Nat. Coalition for the Homeless, Washington, D.C., for Nat. Coalition for the Homeless, amicus curiae.
Michael L. Brody, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Ill., for Nat. Children's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Services Organization of Indiana, Roger Baldwin Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union and Children's Defense Fund, amici curiae.
Before CUMMINGS and MANION, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 20, 1990.
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in this class action suit allege that the Department of Children and Family Services (the "DCFS"), an agency of the State of Illinois, fails to assign caseworkers to members of their class in a timely manner and that this violates the federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (the "AAA").1 Defendants Gordon Johnson...
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