CITY OF FREEPORT v. ISLRB

No. 2-87-0399.

169 Ill. App.3d 151 (1988)

523 N.E.2d 214

THE CITY OF FREEPORT, Petitioner, v. ILLINOIS STATE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al., Respondents.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed May 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Lapp, of Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, of Chicago (John T. Weise, of counsel), for petitioner.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, Jacalyn J. Zimmerman, of Illinois State Labor Relations Board, and Jacqueline Kinnaman, of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, both of Chicago (Imelda R. Terrazino, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for respondents Illinois State Labor Relations Board, William M. Brogan, Robert J. Hilliard, and Claire A. Manning.

Cornfield & Feldman, of Chicago (J. Dale Berry, of counsel), for respondent American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Thomas W. Kelty, of Pfeifer & Kelty, P.C., and Gregory A. Crouse, both of Springfield, for amicus curiae, Illinois Municipal League.

James A. Murphy, of Peoria, and Giacomo A. Pecoraro, of Springfield Police Department, of Springfield, for amicus curiae, Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc.


Order reversed.

JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

The City of Freeport appeals from an order of the Illinois State Labor Relations Board (Board) determining that Freeport had engaged in an unfair labor practice for refusing to bargain with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which had been certified by the Board as the exclusive bargaining representative of certain employees of the Freeport police department...

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