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WORTHEN v. SECRETARY OF STATE

No. 4-86-0516.

160 Ill. App.3d 325 (1987)

513 N.E.2d 475

JAMES P. WORTHEN et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. THE SECRETARY OF STATE et al., Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied October 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman G. Bodewes and John L. Swartz, both of Giffin, Winning, Lindner, Cohen & Bodewes, and David K. Harris, both of Springfield, for appellants.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, and Jill A. Deutsch, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE LUND delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs in this appeal are 16 former employees of the Illinois Secretary of State's office (Secretary). They were laid off in 1984 when an entire division within the Secretary's office was eliminated. Plaintiffs attack this layoff as a "subterfuge" by which their employment was terminated outright based upon political affiliation. Plaintiffs also assert a failure to comply with...

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