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LYNCH v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP.

Docket Nos. 4-11-1040, 4-11-1048 cons.

979 N.E.2d 113 (2012)

2012 IL App (4th) 111040

365 Ill. Dec. 747

Robert D. LYNCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant-Appellee. Timothy L. Storm, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Illinois State Police, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

November 8, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Lee Leahy , Leahy Law Offices, of Springfield, and Randall D. Schmidt (argued), of Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, of Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Chicago ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Paul Racette (argued), Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellee.

Louis A. Klapp , of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, John A. Knight and Harvey Grossman , both of American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, and Philip R. Strauss , of Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, all of Chicago, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.

Mary Lee Leahy , Leahy Law Offices, Springfield, Randall D. Schmidt (argued), Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Univ. Chicago Law, Chicago, for Timothy L. Storm.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, State of Illinois, Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, Paul Racette (argued), Assistant Attorney General, for Illinois State Police.

OPINION

Justice KNECHT delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In this consolidated appeal, plaintiffs, Robert D. Lynch and Timothy L. Storm, seek review of the Sangamon County circuit court's orders dismissing their claims under the Illinois Human Rights Act (Rights Act) (775 ILCS 5/art. I (West 2010)) pursuant to the doctrine of sovereign immunity. Both Lynch and Storm sued the State of Illinois, in its capacity as their respective...

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