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Civil rights Keyed to Jeffries, 5th Ed.
Edelman v. Jordan
Citation:
415 U.S. 651 (1974)Facts
John Jordan applied for disability benefits under the AABD program, which was jointly funded by federal and state governments. Federal regulations required that applications be processed within specified time periods (30 days for aged and blind, 45 days for disabled), but Jordan’s application was not processed for almost four months. Illinois regulations also authorized benefits to commence only from the month of approval, not from the date of application eligibility as required by federal regulations. Jordan filed a class action lawsuit against Illinois officials, alleging violations of federal regulations and the Equal Protection Clause. The District Court declared the Illinois policy invalid, granted a permanent injunction requiring compliance with federal time limits, and ordered retroactive payment of benefits wrongfully withheld to all eligible persons who had applied between July 1968 and April 1971. The Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that the Eleventh Amendment did not bar such relief. Illinois officials appealed, arguing that the retroactive payment order violated the state’s sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment.
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