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BATES v. JOHNSON

Nos. 89-2611, 89-3095.

901 F.2d 1424 (1990)

Gail BATES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gordon JOHNSON, Director, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Redleaf, Laurene M. Heybach, Dori Rand, Violet Clark, Nancy Katz, Cynthia Ruiz, Richard M. Wheelock, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Gary M. Griffin, Paula Giroux, Mary Ellen Coughlan, Asst. Attys. Gen., Christine M. Tchen, Susan Getzendanner, Charles F. Smith, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Michele Odorizzi, James A. Serritella, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for Catholic Conference of Illinois, amicus curiae, and Child Care Ass'n of Illinois, amicus curiae.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Since 1981 the regulations of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services have promised parents weekly visits with children who had been removed from their custody, if the Department plans to reunite parents and children. Performance fell short of promise. In 1984 Gail Bates and several other persons filed this class action contending that both the Constitution and the Social Security Act require Illinois to carry out its visitation...

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