GOODWIN v. McHENRY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT. MERIT COM'N

Nos. 2-99-1330, 2-99-1244.

738 N.E.2d 636 (2000)

316 Ill.App.3d 1238

250 Ill.Dec. 420

Brenda GOODWIN, Joseph Colditz, and Benjamin Essex, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. McHENRY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MERIT COMMISSION; Fraternal Order of Police Lodge of Police Labor Council, Defendants (The County of McHenry; George H. Hendle, as Sheriff of McHenry County; William Mullen, as Sheriff of McHenry County; and Keith Nygren, as Sheriff of McHenry County, Defendants-Appellants). Brenda Goodwin, Joseph Colditz, and Benjamin Essex, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. McHenry County Sheriff's Department Merit Commission; The County of McHenry; George H. Hendle, as Sheriff of McHenry County; William Mullen, as Sheriff of McHenry County; Keith Nygren, as Sheriff of McHenry County; Fraternal Order of Police No. 119; and Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Harrison, of Harrison Law Offices, P.C., Woodstock, for County of McHenry.

Bruce C. Beal, of Claudon, Kost, Barnhart & Beal, Ltd., Canton, for George Hendle, William Mullen, and Keith Nygren.

Richard J. Smith, of Sullivan, Smith, Hauser & Noonan, Ltd., Waukegan, for Joseph Colditz, Benjamin Essex, and Brenda Goodwin.

Joel A. D'Alba, of Asher, Gittler, Greenfield & D'Alba, Ltd., Chicago, for appellee Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 119.

William I. Caldwell, Jr., of Caldwell, Berner & Caldwell, Woodstock, for appellee McHenry County Sheriff's Department Merit Commission.


Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

In appeal No. 2-99-1244, plaintiffs, Brenda Goodwin, Joseph Colditz, and Benjamin Essex, appeal both the judgment of the circuit court of McHenry County granting summary judgment in favor of defendants, McHenry County Sheriff's Department Merit Commission (Merit Commission), McHenry County, the sheriff of McHenry County (Sheriff), and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 119 and Labor Council (FOP), on defendants...

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