People Ex Rel. Newdelman v. Weaver

Lorelei Newdelman, Mary Daniels, Pearleane Oden, Victoria B. Figures, Yvonne Marshall, and Annie Mae Weeden brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County for a writ of mandamus to compel the director of the Illinois Department of Public Aid (whom we shall call the Illinois Director) to promulgate a regulation authorizing the Director of the Cook County Department of Public Aid (the Cook County director) to grant one month rent security deposits to welfare recipients in accordance with section 12 — 4.11 of the Illinois Public Aid Code. (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1967, ch. 23, par. 12-4.11.) That…