Legal Opinion

Custom v. Trainor

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided April 5, 1977No. 76 C 354PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have moved to alter, amend, or vacate our judgment entered November 30, 1976, dismissing this action, which attacks defendants’ alleged practice of delaying applications for General Assistance (GA) benefits, as moot. For the following reasons, plaintiffs’ motion is granted, and this action is reinstated.

Prior to our ruling on the motion for class certification, plaintiff Custom, the only named class representative, had received GA benefits. He thus had been given all the relief he sought individually and was no longer a member of the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Sosna v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Mathews v. DiazSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Doris Holbrook v. Henry C. Pitt, and Third-Party v. Secretary, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Third- PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
  2. Wright v. CalifanoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
  3. Allen v. State of West Virginia Human Rights CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Tonya K. Ex Rel. Diane K. v. Chicago Board of EducationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1982
  5. Morrow v. BassmanDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1981

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