ROHRBACK v. ILL. DEPT. OF EMPLOYMENT SEC.

No. 4-04-0960.

835 N.E.2d 955 (2005)

361 Ill. App.3d 298

296 Ill.Dec. 602

Mary Ann ROHRBACK and Virginia Wood, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY; Brenda Russell; The Illinois Department of Natural Resources; Tom Flattery; Joel Brunsvold; The Illinois Department of Central Management Services; Michael Rumman; and The Illinois Civil Service Commission, Defendants-Appellants (The Illinois Department of Employment Security and The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Counter-Cross-Plaintiffs, v. The Illinois Civil Service Commission; Mary Ann Rohrback; and Virginia Wood, Counter-Cross-Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided September 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Brody, Ivan Poullaos (argued), Josh Goldberg, Winston & Strawn, LLP, Chicago, Carol Hansen Posegate, Posegate & Denes, P.C., Springfield, for Department of Employment Security.

John E. Kerley (argued), George M. Monaco, Kerley & Associates, P.C., Springfield, for Mary Ann Rohrback.


Justice APPLETON delivered the opinion of the court:

The State fired plaintiffs, Mary Ann Rohrback and Virginia Wood, on the ground that they had obtained reappointments to new four-year terms through fraud. Plaintiffs appealed to the Civil Service Commission (Commission), which overturned the discharges but suspended plaintiffs for 90 days for improperly trying to extend their terms of employment. The Commission held the reappointments were invalid because plaintiffs...

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