JAROS v. VILLAGE OF DOWNERS GROVE

No. 2-18-0654.

180 N.E.3d 125 (2020)

2020 IL App (2d) 180654

Arthur G. JAROS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The VILLAGE OF DOWNERS GROVE; Susan D. Farley; League of Women Voters of Downers Grove, Woodridge, and Lisle; Gregory W. Hosé, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Village of Downers Grove; Robert T. Barnett, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Village of Downers Grove; and Martin T. Tully, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Mayor of the Village of Downers Grove, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing denied August 13, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Nathanson , of The Nathanson Law Firm, of Chicago, for appellant.

John B. Murphey and Matthew D. Rose , of Rosenthal, Murphey, Coblentz & Donahue, of Chicago, and Enza I. Petrarca , of Downers Grove, for appellees Village of Downers Grove, Gregory W. Hosé, Robert T. Barnett, and Martin T. Tully.

Barnes & Thornburg LLP ( Denise A. Lazar and Christine E. Skoczylas , of Chicago, and Matthew T. Ciulla (pro hac vice), of Indianapolis, Indiana, of counsel), and John J. Skawski and Justin J. Kaszuba , of Skawski Law Offices, LLC, of Oak Brook, for other appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 In September 2017, the village council of Downers Grove (Council) removed plaintiff, Arthur Jaros, from his seat on the board of trustees for the Downers Grove Public Library (Board). The impetus for the removal was a report, written

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