DEPT. OF REVENUE v. CIVIL SERVICE COM'N

No. 1-04-0593.

827 N.E.2d 960 (2005)

357 Ill. App.3d 352

293 Ill.Dec. 79

The ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, The Department of Human Services, The Illinois Capital Development Board, The Department of Corrections, The Department of Public Aid, The Department of Financial Institutions, The Department of Central Management Services, The Department of Insurance, The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, The Department of Natural Resources, The Department of Aging, The Department of Agriculture and The Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Frederick Backfield, Leslie Barrow, Peggy Booker, Madelynne Brown, Flora Ciarlo, Bradley Cole, Julie Dutton, Jeffrey Fulgenzi, Joseph Hampton Jr., Edward Harmeyer, Frederick Kimble, Linda Lebegue, Sinead Rice Madigan, Joan Messina, Michael Murphy, Catherine Narup, Susan Nelson, Matthew Overaker, Katherine Parker, Candice Trees, Jerry Turnbull, David Urbanek, Sarah Vega, Nicholas Vespa, Laraine Williams, Nancy Woodward and Phillip Wyatt, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

April 8, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston & Strawn, LLP, Chicago (Michael Brody, Ivan Poullaos, Josh Goldberg, of counsel) and Posegate & Denes, P.C., Springfield (Carol Posegate, of counsel), for Appellants.

Kulwin & Associates, L.L.C., Chicago (Shelly B. Kulwin, Jeffrey R. Kulwin, of counsel), for Appellee Flora Ciarlo.

Drake, Narup & Mead, P.C., Springfield (Richard H. Narup, Christian D. Biswell, of counsel), for Appellees Fred Kimble, Jeffrey Fulgenzi and Linda Lebegue.

Donald M. Craven, P.C., Springfield (Donald M. Craven, of counsel), for Appellees Michael Murphy and Jerry Turnbull.

Kerley & Associates, P.C., Springfield (John E. Kerley, of counsel), for Appellees Leslie Barrow, Brad Cole, Julie Dutton, Edward Harmeyer, Sinead Madigan, Joan Messina, Matthew Overaker, Katherine Parker, Candice Trees, David Urbanek, Nick Vespa, Laraine Williams, Nancy Woodward, Phillip Wyatt, Susan Nelson, Fred Backfield, Peggy Booker, Joseph Hampton Jr.

Law Office of Leonard A. Sherman, Chicago (Leonard A. Sherman, of counsel), for Appellees Madelynne Brown and Sarah Vega.


Justice GALLAGHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal challenges the Illinois Civil Service Commission's reinstatement of 27 state employees to four-year term positions in government jobs to which they were appointed in the final months of former Governor George Ryan's administration. The plaintiffs now appealing are the 13 state agencies to which the defendant employees received four-year term appointments beginning in fall 2002. We agree with plaintiffs...

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