Cosby v. Jackson

OPINION

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. *

Earlier proceedings, see 625 F.Supp. 619 (N.D.Ill.1985), affirmed in part and reversed in part, 843 F.2d 967 (7th Cir.1988), left this case in potential need of a second trial to determine whether the state’s procedures for adjudicating claims for extended unemployment benefits complied with the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment. The parties decided that settlement would be preferable to extended combat, and they negotiated a consent decree concluding most of the case.

This decree provides that the Illinois Department of Income Security shall…