Legal Opinion
Vargas v. Trainor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 27, 1974No. Nos. 74-1823, 74-1968PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
The procedure by which the Illinois Department of Public Aid reduced or terminated certain public assistance to aged, blind, and disabled recipients is challenged under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. We hold that the procedure did not conform to constitutional standards and reverse the District Court’s contrary judgment.
Until the end of the year 1973, needy, blind, and disabled persons in Illinois received cash assistance from the Illinois Department of Public Aid. The Federal Government provided 50 percent of the funds for these payments through the…
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