People Ex Rel. Naughton v. Department of Public Aid

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order striking and dismissing Counts II and III of plaintiffs’ complaint. Those counts sought a writ of mandamus and declaratory relief requiring defendants to abandon their practice of issuing public assistance payments as of the date of the approval of an application for assistance and to commence issuance of the payments retroactive to the date of application. The sole issue raised on appeal is whether each or any of the plaintiffs had standing to seek the extraordinary relief of mandamus and…