GLASS v. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

NOS. 4-22-0270, 4-22-0271, 4-22-0272 cons.

203 N.E.3d 986 (2022)

2022 IL App (4th) 220270

Jean R. GLASS, Jesse J. Fowler, Trina Tangerose, Valerie L. Gregory, Mike Winters, Kimberly K. Watson, Richard W. Logan, and Gregory L. Gurski, Individually, as Well as on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; The Department of Human Services; The Department of Veterans' Affairs; The Department of Juvenile Justice; The Department of Central Management Services; The Department of Public Health; The Illinois Nurses Association; The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31; the Illinois State Employees Association, Local 2002; Wexford Health Services, Inc.; and Jay R. Pritzker, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees. Janelle Hermann, Individually, as Well as on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District No. 57, a Body Politic and Corporate; Amanda Geary, as Superintendent of Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District No. 57; The department of Public Health; the Illinois State Board of Education; and Jay R. Pritzker, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees. Joshua Graham and Andrew Vice, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The Pekin Fire Department; The City of Pekin; The Department of Public Health; and Jay R. Pritzker, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bethany D. Hager , of Danville, for appellants.

Stephen A. Yokich and George A. Luscombe III , of Dowd, Bloch, Bennett, Cervone, Auerbach & Yokich LLP, of Chicago, for appellee American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31.

Nikoleta Lamprinakos and Susan E. Nicholas , of Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., of Chicago, for Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District No. 57 and Amanda Geary.

Alison Harrington and Scott B. Dolezal , of Best, Vanderlaan & Harrington, of Chicago, for appellees Pekin Fire Department and City of Pekin.

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, of Chicago ( Jane Elinor Notz , Solicitor General, Sarah A. Hunger , Deputy Solicitor General, and Leigh J. Jahnig and Nadine J. Wichern , Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for other appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 According to the complaints in these three appeals, the plaintiffs work for or used to work for public employers in Illinois, either on the local level or the state level. We will refer to the plaintiffs, collectively, as "the employees." In the circuit...

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