Stykel v. City of Freeport

State: Illinois

Court: 2nd District Appellate

Docket No: 2-99-1446 Rel

Case Date: 01/22/2001

No. 2--99--1446
January 22, 2001

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

SECOND DISTRICT

SCOTT STYKEL, CURT LAMM, JOHN		) Appeal from the CircuitCourt
HEILMAN, and TAVE KRAFT,		) of Stephenson County.
		)
	Plaintiffs-Appellants,	)
		)
v.		) No.	91--MR--50
		)
THE CITY OF FREEPORT, THE BOARD		)
OF FIRE AND POLICECOMMISSIONERS,		)
REGINALD D. MCGEE, BRIAN BORGER,		)
DENITA MORRIS, DAVID SHOCKEY,and		)
MARK WAGNER,		) Honorable
		) Barry R. Anderson,
	Defendants-Appellees.	) Judge, Presiding.

JUSTICE GEIGER delivered the opinion of the court:

This case arose after the plaintiffs, Scott Stykel, Curt Lamm,John Heilman, and Tave Kraft, took an examination for employment asa firefighter with the City of Freeport (City) that wasadministered by the Illinois Board of Fire and Police Commissioners(Board). The plaintiffs received a score of zero on theexamination, rendering them ineligible for employment. Along withtheir causes of action under the Administrative Review Law (ReviewLaw) (735 ILCS 5/3--101 et seq. (West 1998)), the plaintiffs filedcounts against the defendants, the City of Freeport, the Board ofFire and Police Commissioners, Reginald D. McGee, Brian Borger,Denita Morris, David Schockey, and Mark Wagner, for declaratoryjudgment, breach of implied oral contract, and for violations oftheir civil rights pursuant to section 1983 of the federal CivilRights Act (42 U.S.C.