KING v. WALTERS

No. 98-2086.

190 F.3d 784 (1999)

Mollie KING, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joan WALTERS, Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid, and Dianna Durham-McLoud, Administrator, Division of Child Support Enforcement of the Illinois Department of Public Aid, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Bouman (argued), National Center on Poverty Law, Inc., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Karen Elaine Konieczny (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

According to the plaintiffs, this case presents the question whether the State of Illinois can be held to its word to a federal district court, when the state sends an agency official to the court in response to an order to present a person with authority to settle a case and indicates the official is such a person; the state defendants see it as a case about the propriety of imposing upon the state a consent decree to which it never...

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