People Ex Rel. Holland v. Edelman

This consolidated appeal arises from the dismissal for failure to state a cause of- action of two suits brought by plaintiffs as individuals and as class representatives challenging the validity of a regulation of defendant, Illinois Department of Public Aid, which prohibits the granting of public assistance to pretrial detainees in the Cook County Jail. It is contended that this regulation is violative of article VI of the Public Aid Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 23, par. 6 — 1 et seq.) and the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution and…