by Randal Birkey | Sep 24, 2015 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
The case of Gurba v. Community High School District No. 155 worked its way up to the Illinois Supreme Court, after the trial and appellate court had ruled in favor of the City of Crystal Lake’s zoning authority over the school district. The controversy in the Gurba...
by Randal Birkey | Sep 18, 2015 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
Two recent appellate court decisions, one from the First District and one from the Fifth District, provide different indications regarding municipal authority to act in relation to the Illinois Gaming Board’s authority over video gaming. The case of J&J Ventures...
by Randal Birkey | Aug 6, 2015 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office was fined $5,000 in addition to approximately $80,000 for the other side’s legal costs and filing fees, after a trial court deemed it to have improperly withheld documents from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The FOIA...
by Randal Birkey | Jul 15, 2015 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
The Supreme Court, in Reed v. Town of Gilbert, recently invalidated a town’s ordinance which created 23 sign classifications and restrictions thereto. The First Amendment’s freedom of speech was at specific issue, and whether the classifications, which did not...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 18, 2015 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
Turner v. City of San Francisco: A temporary employee was terminated after he repeatedly voiced criticisms about the City of San Francisco’s practice of using temporary employees to perform tasks intended to be performed by permanent employees. The employee believed...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 18, 2015 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
Recently, the Illinois Department of Labor released a new interpretation to Illinois’s Prevailing Wage Act. Specifically, this new interpretation concerns the question: “Are construction projects financed in whole or in part by Sales Tax Rebates covered by the...
