Legal Opinion
Dorothy Johnson v. Illinois Department of Public Aid and Peoria Housing Authority, a Municipal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 19, 1972No. 71-1600PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the dismissal with prejudice of plaintiffs’ second amended petition.
The litigation was initiated in April 1970 by the filing of a petition in the Circuit Court of Peoria County, Illinois, by Dorothy Johnson and Sarita Hines, individually and as representatives of a purported class comprised of public aid recipients residing in housing provided by the Peoria Housing Authority, a municipal corporation (Authority). The only defendant in this suit as originally filed was the Illinois Department of Public Aid (Department). The pleadings sought to compel…
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