(DOWNLOAD) "Chicago Welfare Rights Org. v. Weaver" by Supreme Court of Illinois ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Chicago Welfare Rights Org. v. Weaver
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 25, 1973
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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Rehearing denied November 28, 1973. This case is here on leave granted to appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court, First District (5 Ill. App.3d 655), which reversed a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County. The substantive issue in the case concerned the correctness of the determination of the Director of the Department of Public Aid as to the maximum shelter allowance payable under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The circuit court ruled that the Director had ultimately determined the maximum shelter allowance correctly, but that he had unlawfully delayed in doing so. The court therefore ordered the defendants, the Director, the Auditor of Public Accounts, and the State Treasurer, to pay to recipients under the program the benefits which would have been payable but for the Director's unlawful delay in increasing the maximum allowance. Both the defendants and the plaintiffs appealed. The appellate court reversed the judgment and dismissed the cause, on the ground that the circuit court lacked jurisdiction because the plaintiffs should have brought their suit in the Court of Claims. (5 Ill. App.3d 655, 660 (1972).) For the reasons stated below, we affirm.