PASCHAL v. JACKSON

No. 90-3301.

936 F.2d 940 (1991)

Bonita PASCHAL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sally JACKSON, Director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Gilbert, Steven Coursey, Karyn Glass, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants Bonita Paschal, Daniel Dodson, and Paul Bucasas.

Barbara C. Biddle, Katherine S. Gruenheck, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., Jerome J. Webb, Koutsky, Boudreau & Lassen, Martin B. Lowery, Office of U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Nancy K. Needles, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of U.S. Atty., Civ. Div., Appellate Section, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees Sally Jackson, Stella Cuthbert, Ann E. McLaughlin, Robert T. Jones and DOL.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and POSNER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

In a second appeal of this case, we are asked to determine whether the State of Illinois' sovereign immunity bars an award of benefits to two classes of unemployment insurance claimants. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the claimants challenged the method by which the Illinois Department of Employment Security ("IDES") administered two unemployment insurance programs: the extended benefits ("EB") program, which pays benefits during periods of...

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