Park Superintendents' Professional Ass'n v. Ryan

State: Illinois

Court: 1st District Appellate

Docket No: 1-00-2103 Rel

Case Date: 02/21/2001

THIRD DIVISION
February 21, 2001

No. 1-00-2103

PARK SUPERINTENDENTS' PROFESSIONAL,
ASSOCIATION, JON BLUME, DENNIS DOYLE,
and ROBERT GROSSO,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

GEORGE RYAN, Governor of the State
of Illinois; MICHAEL S. SCHWARTZ,
Director of Department of Central
Management Services of the State
of Illinois; G. BRENT MANNING,
Director of Department of Natural
Resources of the State of Illinois;
and SUSAN MOGERMAN, Acting Director
of Illinois Historic Preservation
Agency,

Defendants-Appellees.

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Appeal from the
Circuit Court of
Cook County

Honorable
Sidney A. Jones III,
Judge Presiding.

JUSTICE WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

For several years, the Park Superintendents' Professional Association andsome of its members have been trying to get the State of Illinois to negotiateemployment terms and to follow certain provisions of the Illinois Personal Code.Reviewing court decisions until now have rejected every theory raised by theplaintiffs except one: whether mandamus would be proper to remedy any ofthe defendant's alleged acts or omissions. Now, we close that door.

Plaintiffs, the Park Superintendents' Professional Association (Association), its president, Jon Blume, and members of theAssociation Dennis Doyle and Robert Grosso, appeal from the dismissal withprejudice of three counts in their fourth amended complaint seeking a writ of mandamusto compel defendants to comply with sections of the Illinois Personnel Code(Personnel Code) (20 ILCS 415/1 et seq. (West 1998)) and PersonnelRules (Rules) (see 80 Ill. Admin. Code