Cornue v. Weaver

This appeal requires us to decide whether residents of a home for the aged can be denied old age assistance by the Illinois Department of Public Aid solely because they have a written contract which obligates the home to provide them with care and maintenance for life. This question arises from applications for public assistance filed by appellee Edna Cornue and 19 fellow residents of a home for the aged. The applications were denied; and thereafter, proceeding administratively, they appealed to appellant Edward T. Weaver, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Aid. He appointed a…